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1Rille& in action 

JOHN M. BRETSCHNEIDER 
ERNEST BURTON 
CARLO J. CALDERARA 
ANTONIO CECCKI 
PETER W. CUMMINS 
GUISEPPE DeLEONIBUS 
FRANK FOX 
BERNARD HAMRICK 
ANDY MEDWITH 
BERT MORIN 
WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN 
LEWIS J. PETERSON 
JUSTIS PINE 
FRANK PRZUDRYGA 
LEWIS ROMANO 
RAYMOND F. SHARRER 
JENS L. STEVENSON 
SANTO ZUCCHERO 

Iknown to Ibave S)i^ from Hfflounto 

SAMUEL M. HARRISON 

fllMssino in action 

FRANCESCO CARCHIO 
ADAM J. SALVADORE 

Diefc in Camp Xee, Da. 

JOHN W. BEERMANN 
EDWARD J. EWING 



Statistics of Casualties 

Total number killed by shell lire 4 

Total number killed by rifle or machine gun hre 12 

Total number killed (cause unknown) 2 

Total number known to have died from wounds 1 

Total number missing and unaccounted for to date 2 

Total number wounded in action — officers 3 

Total number wounded in action — enlisted men 76 

Total number gassed severely 7 

Total number accidentally wounded in action 5 

(Bayonet 2, rifle 1, pistol 1, grenade 1). 

Total number captured by the enemy 55 

Total casualties in action 166 

In addition to above a total of seventeen (17) men were taken 
sick while in France and were sent to hospitals — of this number eight 
(8) were returned to duty with the Company. 

Of the total number of ninety-one (91 ) officers and men wounded, 
gassed or accidentally wounded in action — forty-four (44) were re- 
turned to duty with the Company. 

After returning to the United States eight (8) men re-enlisted in 
the Regular Army. 

Of the twenty (20) men killed and missing — thirteen (13) were 
original members of the Company and seven (7) replacements. 

Of the eighty-eight (88) men wounded, gassed or accidentally 
wounded — seventy-seven ( JJ ) were original members of the Com- 
pany and eleven (11) replacements. 



HEADQUARTERS COMPANY F, 319TH INFANTRY, 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, 
Le Mans Forwarding Area 
5 April 1919 

Company Order ( 
No. 12 j 

1. The following members of Company F, 319th Infantry are hereby 
appointed to collect data and write a complete history of Company F, 319th 
Infantry : 

Captain Charles Ryman Herr 
1st Lt. Theodore L. Cogswell 
1st Lt. George Hodson 
Sup. Sgt. A. Darrall Crossland 
Sergeant Maurice J. Haupt 
Corporal George W. Clibourne 
Corporal Nelson E. Challe 
Pvt. Sylvester A. Freund 

Charles Ryman Herr, 
Capt., 319 Inf. 



PREFACE 

The following pages contain a skeleton outline of the activities of 
Company F, 319th Infantry, its formation and training — its career 
in France, and its demobilization. The dates of all important events 
have been given as well as the names of the principal places through 
which the Company passed. 

No attempt has been made to give detailed incidents of the battle- 
field. Each individual has his own reaction to the activities of bat- 
tle. Enough facts have been given to allow each member of the 
company to refresh his memory and recall his own sensation of any 
particular incident or time. Facts have been given as they occurred 
without any attempt to add color. Personal exploits have been pur- 
posely omitted. They would not have been possible but for the co- 
operation of others. It often happens that the bravest acts pass un- 
noticed. 

It was the self-sacrificing heroism of the troops on the battlefield 
that made the final victory possible. All reverence to those who were 
called upon to make the supreme sacrifice. Their self-devotion to 
duty shall ever be an inspiration. They truly died that others might 
live. They have won the white cross beside which all others fade 
into insignificance. 

Our heroic dead have not died in vain. 

Ryman Herr. 

Flemington, New Jersey. August 13, 1920. 



Company F, 319th Infantry 
History 

CHAPTER I 
Organization at Camp Lee, Va. 

Camp Lee, Va. was the cantonment assigned to the draftees 
from Western Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The 
Camp was very well planned from a sanitary standpoint. The bar- 
racks which were originally built for companies of one hundred 
and fifty men were arranged so as to form a horse-shoe ; Division 
Headquarters being located in the bend. At either end of the 
horse-shoe was a Depot Brigade which received the incoming 
recruits, sorted them out and classified the men, sending them to 
different organizations that were in need of men of those quali- 
fications. Coming into the camp toward Division Headquarters 
was the road dividing the two Virginia regiments, the 317th and 
318th Infantry, from the two Pennsylvania regiments, the 319th 
and 320th Infantry, the former being located on the left and the 
latter on the right. Next to and adjoining the road on the right 
was the 319th Infantry. The first row of barracks were oc- 
cupied by the first battalion, the second row by the sec- 
ond battalion and the third row by the third battalion. At 
right angles to the above named road was another which ran 
just in front of the barracks. In the second row and the second 
barracks back was the original and the exact location of F Com- 
pany barracks. 

It was in the afternoon of the 27th of September, 19 IT, that 
the selected portion of the twenty per cent, of the first draft were 
lined up in single file just outside of what was later made Com- 
pany F barracks. The men were marched in one at a time to give 
to the clerks sitting at the mess-hall tables their life history 
preliminary to assignment to the branch of service in which 

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preliminary training was to take place. The allotment for F 
Company was soon sorted out. We were assigned bunks on the. 
second floor of the same building. We were greeted right of? 
the bat (to use a slang expression) by the blast of a whistle 
followed by the commanding voice, "OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE!" 
Well, outside we went. We lined up in company front as 
best we knew how and were given one of our daily jobs 
of policing up. For the benefit of those who may read 
this book and have not had the experience of policing up, 
it may be said that this job consisted of the picking up, mind you, 
yes, picking up of cigarette BUTTSES. as they were called by 
one of the enlisted men who had charge of us. We not only 
picked up cigarette butts but also picked up match sticks, bits of 
paper, grass, weeds, and so on. We were still in Civies and the 
better part of us were most unaccustomed to this new wrinkle. 

Well, we finished that job and back up to our bunks we 
went. We all reclined on our bunks just in time to hear that 
whistle thunder again. This time it was "Fall Out for Mess." 
We fell out, lined up and marched over to H Company where 
we were assigned to eat until we formed our own mess. 

Now that this was done most of us arranged to go to the 
Y. M. C. A., but no, that whistle blew once again — this time for 
Retreat. We did that too, and felt quite relieved when told 
that we were free for the evening, except that we were not 
permitted to leave camp and that we had to be in our bunks by 
nine-thirty — lights out — no talking. 

At five-thirty the next morning we were awakened by a 
bugle call. Our boss, the man who made us police up, informed 
us with a rough, gruff voice that the bugler was not outside 
merely for the sake of exercising his lungs but that it was First 
Call for Reveille and we were already late, also that we would 
be placed on the wood pile if we were not out in time to answer 
roll-call at five-forty-five. We were stunned and amazed at the 
things that we had to put up with, but we were in the army. 

After Reveille we had breakfast at six-thirty and at seven- 
thirty, after policing outside and inside the barracks, we were 
lined up for our morning's Setting Up Exercises which took 
place in front of the barracks. We were then marched out on the 

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drill field and were instructed how to do left face, right face and 
about face. We succeeded in learning very rapidly though it was 
a complete change from the routine work of civilian life. After 
another half hour or so of lectures on the "School of the Soldier" 
we were given a fifteen minute rest period. The morning was 
well spent in relays of work and rest periods, and at eleven- 
twenty we marched back to the barracks, cleaned up and got 
ready for the dinner, which we began from now on to relish more 
and more. The appetite for the new delicacies increased wonder- 
fully in twenty-four hours. 

At one p. m. we fell in for the afternoon fun ; and it was 
fun. All we did was play games, run races, compete in broad 
jumping and other forms of athletics. Recall blew at three- 
thirty ; back to the barracks we went all full of life and fun, quite 
a contrast to that of the day before. The theme of discussion 
was the soreness and stiffness that each one would experience 
the next morning. We had our supper at the regular time and 
stood Retreat like old timers. We were still in civilian clothes 
as we did not get our uniforms until almost three weeks after 
arriving in camp. We had no trouble sleeping that night as 
we were all tired out from the day's exercise. 

We started the next day by eating in our own mess-hall. 
Each day we slowly but surely progressed in rounding into 
shape. Finally we brought about what we might call an embryo 
company. We carried bricks, laid walks, built wood bins, potato 
bins and fixed the barracks in general. Things began looking 
bright and a new aspect was taken on as the greenness was 
being worked out of us clay by day. We looked upon our bar- 
racks as our homes, keeping the squad rooms as clean as our liv- 
ing rooms at home. And so it went on for a couple of weeks at 
the end of which we were reinforced by an influx of new recruits 
from Carrick, Natrona, Tarentum, Uniontown and the surround- 
ing country. This greatly pleased the men from Homestead as 
this was their first opportunity to pass the buck and experience 
the sensation of commanding "rookies" in the military life. 

From now on it was bustle, bustle, and everything was run 
by system. At this time everybody was being fitted up with 
khaki and all were taking on the appearance of a soldier more 

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and more as the days went by. The end of October found ns 
passing in review in platoon front. We were equipped with rifles; 
the "facings" and the "School of the Soldier" were now con- 
sidered things of the past. 

During the month of November it was a steady grind, drill- 
ing every day from seven-thirty a. m. to three-thirty p. m. pre- 
paring for the downfall of the Central Powers of Europe. 
Trenches were being dug. bayonet runs constructed, hand-gren- 
ade courts laid out and in general a battle field on a miniature 
scale arranged. Each day saw the details for the different erec- 
tions and constructions marching out in blues with their neces- 
sary instruments and tools to their respective places, while those 
remaining shouldered the musket and marched to the drill field 
to the count of "one, two, three, four." 

Thanksgiving was the initial celebration and the first real 
social gathering since the birth of the company. With "Freddie" 
Glaser as the toastmaster and Mrs. Myers as a guest, we enjoyed 
a most wonderful dinner, to say nothing of the speeches made 
by the officers and especially the announcement that we were 
going to get furloughs home for Christmas. This was to be our 
first furlough home and we w r ere overjoyed at this most welcome 
news. The fact that we had such a wonderful celebration did not 
in the least retard the ambition and the enthusiasm for the drill 
field, for the next day we were right there to answer any and 
all bugle calls that were sounded. 

December brought us to a new era. Everybody being well 
rounded into shape, there came an order to transfer a number 
of men to Camp Green. Another small detachment being sent 
overseas, while all men of Austrian and German descent were 
transferred to the Depot Brigade. Eight NCO's were sent to the 
Third Officers' Training Camp. After all these separate detach- 
ments were sent to their respective camps and with men on 
furlough, it looked as though we were deserted, mostly non-com- 
missioned officers remaining. January and February passed 
rather quietly except for a few recruits who joined the company 
in the latter month and the inconvenience of having to sleep with 
the windows open during those severe cold nights. 

In the month of March the Spring weather made its debut. 

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a most welcome one, we might say, after such a severe winter. 
No time was lost in getting to the rifle range for rifle practice. 
We were getting up at four a. m. and marching to the range — 
a distance of three miles or more, returning at 1 p. m., sometimes 
earlier but not very often. Night maneuvers were started as 
well as trench life at night ; in other words, we carried on friend- 
ly warfare for we were leaving nothing undone to combat any 
and all occasions and surprises that might arise in actuality. The 
Supply Sergeant was certainly making haste while the sun shone 
as he was busily employed each day and most of the night in 
arranging to have everyone fully equipped with ammunition 
belts, packs and the necessary field equipment. 

By this time April had rolled around and we found ourselves 
blessed with a new set of recruits from Punxatawney. All 
efforts, ways and means were bent towards bringing this lot of 
men up to the standards of the company, which by this time was 
hovering somewhere near the top of the ladder. It was hard 
work and real grinding both for the recruits and for us, to say 
nothing of the officers who bore the original and hardest burden. 
This work had to be done, however, and done it was. Hikes of 
fifteen miles or more were not uncommon. The new recruits, in 
spite of their inexperience, soon learned to "follow the crowd," 
and in less than four weeks it was more or less difficult to dis- 
tinguish the two sets, as they blended wonderfully. At this time 
the company was brought up to war strength by a few recruits 
from Philadelphia and from Virginia. 

CHAPTER II 

Crossing the Atlantic 

In the early part of May news was received that we should 
be prepared to go overseas at twenty-four hours' notice. Every- 
one became feverishly nervous — some overly anxious to hear the 
command to cross the pond, others more anxious to make an- 
other trip home to see their parents once again before leaving 
on their contemplated voyage. A few took it upon themselves 
to make this trip home without the consent of the Company 
Commander with the result that K P duty devolved upon them 

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on the boat till we reached the western shores of the Eastern 
Hemisphere. It was on the afternoon of the 17th that we finally 
got the word to roll packs and fall out ready to bid farewell to 
the hospitality and good times afforded us by the kindness of the 
people of Petersburg and Richmond — the towns of recreation and 
enjoyment for the soldiers on week-end passes. The hour of de- 
parture was set for six o'clock at which time we marched to the 
entraining point in camp and were headed toward a point six 
miles north of Norfolk, called Lambert's Point Coal Terminal. 
At ten o'clock that evening we detrained and by midnight we 
were aboard ship, the Zeelandia, a converted Dutch passenger 
boat, and were waiting to pull out of harbor. We left port the 
next day. Our convoy consisted of fifteen ships and one cruiser. 
Some of the vessels were British, some Italian and the others 
American. With dreamy eyes we gazed upon the shores of the 
Mother Country which were becoming more and more indistinct. 
As we drifted out into the mists of the deep the shores finally 
passed out of our sight. 

Already there were evidences of sea-sickness and the well 
deck was lined with pale faced soldiers lying flat, face down. 
This particular position was as prescribed by the physician, the 
most comfortable for the unfortunate. 

The meals were fairly good, in fact, better than we expected, 
the most undesirable feature being the waiting in the chow line 
for the better part of three hours. The sleeping quarters were 
anything but airy. The bunks consisted of a sheet of canvas tied 
by rope to iron pipe rectangular framing bolted to uprights. The 
bunks were three high and could be swung up almost verticle so 
as to give plenty of aisle way and allow the men to clean up each 
morning. The air was very foul at all times as the ventilating 
system was poor. 

About two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, May 22nd, as 
everybody was called to the rafts for abandon ship drill, there 
suddenly came a cry of "Man overboard." A sailor who had 
taken his position in one of the life boats on the side of the 
ship fell headlong into the sea when the hoisting mechanism of 
the life-boat gave way. Luckily the sailor was equipped with 
a life buoy. The ship had sounded the distress signal and with 

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the aid of a cruiser, the sailor was rescued after two hours of 
struggle. After this excitement things went along smoothly un- 
til Sunday, the 26th, when guns were fired at what was thought 
to be a submarine, but which later proved to be an overturned 
boat. 

To break the monotony of the trip there was target practice 
for the crew; a periscopic arrangement was devised and connect- 
ed to a cruiser which traveled about twice the speed of our 
boat and parallel with it at a half mile or so distance. As the 
target came within range of our gunners and without danger to 
the other boats of the convoy they fired as many shots as pos- 
sible at the target, the best record being registered by our own 
crew of Yankee Gunners. On the 28th a convoy of ten destroy- 
ers met us to convoy us safely through the submarine zone. 

Decoration Day was celebrated by a chicken dinner and pie 
for dessert but before most of us got to our pie we had a little 
surprise which was not on the bill of fare — a submarine attack. 
The abandon ship drill bell sounded which was not unusual, but 
when we heard a shot fired it was a hop, skip and jump and we 
were all on deck standing at our assigned rafts with our pie in 
our hands, for we were bound to eat that pie whether the ship 
sank or not. It was just previous to this that Sgt. Glaser was 
pointing to a submarine exclaiming "Look at the big fish." Just 
then a shot was fired. The submarines were there. Shots were 
fired as rapidly as the gunners could work. The cruiser dropped 
depth bombs. Everything was in disorder. Suddenly the firing 
ceased and the submarines disappeared. Recall blew and the 
excitement was all over. We barely got off the promenade 
deck, when bang ! bang ! started all four of the six inch guns. 
They went into action almost instantaneously. This time 
there was a whole nest of submarines with one trailing in 
our course directly behind us. Our boat naturally zigzagged in 
order to avoid any torpedo that might be aimed at us and also 
to put us in such a position that the sub would become an easy 
target. This position caused the foreguns to fire almost parallel 
with the length of the boat. After the first shot was fired there 
was a shower of hats contributed to the sea due to the suction 
created by the passing shot. There was no more leaning over 

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the railing by the men 011 the forepart of the ship. They were 
hugging the deck closely. Windows were broken by the concus- 
sion. Loose framing was torn down, chairs upset, everything 
was turned topsyturvy. Land was sighted and a sigh of relief 
prevailed. Yes, we had a narrow escape. We landed safely in 
harbor that evening and anchored for the night. The next day 
about noon, May .'!lst. we disembarked at St. Nazaire. 

CHAPTER III 

France 

May ;i, /o 1 9. 

The boys got their first view of German prisoners or "Jer- 
ries" as the}' were called, on the docks of St. Nazaire. French 
children ran among the boys with extended palms shouting 
"Pennel." Old men and women hobbled around in their wooden 
shoes — a curious crowd it was indeed. It was here that the 
Italian boys of the company came into their own. They could 
"parley Francaise" as well as they could speak English. 

A rest camp in France is an awful thing. The boys found 
that out when the}' reached Camp Xo. 1 after a tiresome, though 
interesting, hike through the city of St. Nazaire and out the long 
road to cam]). They were quartered in tar papered barracks. 
Water and food were unknown quantities for nearly a whole day 
and washing was practically impossible. Next day, however, 
food and water were obtained and the boys got their first dip into 
the European side of the Atlantic. The beach was fairly good 
and everyone enjoyed himself to the utmost. 

June 4th found the men experiencing their first ride on a 
"40 Homines — 8 Chevaux" special bound for Calais. The cars or 
"wagons" as the French appropriately called them were side 
door affairs, very light and not nearly as large as an arm}' truck. 
From thirty-five to forty men with equipment and two days 
rations apiece were crowded into each one. There was no room 
to sit or lie down. The men were packed together standing, 
each man held up by the other. Those near the door were for- 
tunate indeed. The route lay through Nantes, Le Mans, which 
the men grew to know pretty well later. Abbeville and Boulogne. 

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The evening of June 6th found the company at another rest 
camp at Calais — brigaded with the British Army. The discom- 
forts of the camp were many — the bell shaped tents were over- 
crowded, the weather was hot and dusty, the white sand which 
was at least six or seven inches deep made walking almost 
impossible and everything the men ate was well flavored with 
sand. Here our "chow" was exchanged for British tea and jam 
and it was many a day before the men got used to it. U. S. 
rifles were exchanged for British rifles and gas masks; steel hel- 
mets were also issued. Calais was well ecpiipped for protection 
against air raids, and the first night in camp the men were awak- 
ened by the booming of the anti-air craft guns and the blowing 
of warning whistles in the town. That night was clear and the 
shafts of the search lights soon picked up the Boche planes in the 
sky. The anti-aircraft guns drove them off before they suc- 
ceeding in dropping an ''Egg" on the camp. One bomb fell on a 
house in the town. It was quite an initiation for the first night 
in Calais. 

Sunday, June 9th, the company entrained for Samer, a mat- 
ter of a few hours' ride. Arriving there, we were met by a Brit- 
ish band, and mess was served before the company started on a 
thirteen kilometer hike to Menneville, a beautiful little town in a 
semi-mountainous section of France, just beyond the city of Des- 
vris, where the second battalion was billeted. We had a first taste 
of "Barnstorming" at Menneville, but the barns were clean and 
comfortable except the one assigned to the -ith platoon. The 
4th platoon pitched tents in an apple orchard being protected 
from airplane observation by the trees. Here we were able to 
get our first good rest and clean up since leaving Camp Lee. 
A series of training was here commenced vigorously and the 
days were well spent in close order drill, bayonet fighting, bomb 
throwing, gas drills and attack formations. Some of the Officers 
and Non-Commissioned Officers were sent to various British 
and American specialist schools. On quiet nights the sound of 
the heavy guns at the front could be heard. General Pershing 
reviewed the Regiment during the stop at Menneville. The 
French people were most cordial in this section of the country 

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and the men were sorry to receive moving orders on July 4th. 
We always moved on Sundays or holidays. 

The next ride terminated at Bouquemaison, five kilometers 
from Doullens, one of the largest cities of Northern France, which 
fell into the hands of the German in August, 1914, but was soon 
recaptured by the Allies. This town was considerably nearer the 
front and the road running through it was one of the main lines 
of communication to the front. A constant stream of artillery 
and trucks loaded with soldiers and materials flowed through 
Bouquemaison. The front line observation balloons were clearly 
visible. At night the flash of the cannon could be seen. The 
men were enthusiastic for a try out at the Boche and went at 
their training with a pep and dash that greatly surprised the 
competent British instructors. 

It is worth mention that the "Ghost walked" in Bouque- 
maison for the first time since leaving Camp Lee. Beaucoup 
Francs were handed out to everyone and the shops of the little 
village and of Doullens did a land office business. The town of 
Frevent was also popular with some of the boys. Outside of 
this town a five hundred yard rifle range was constructed and 
from morning until night the men peppered away at the targets. 
A Lewis gun range was also in operation and the men became 
experts in handling the gun the British prized so highly. Hun- 
dreds of Mills bombs were thrown, not only by the bombers but 
by every man in the company. 

CHAPTER IV 

Occupation of British Trenches Artois Sector 

The move from Bouquemaison to La Cauchie, a shell torn 
town not far from Arras, was accomplished on foot on the 22nd 
of July. Not many will soon forget that hike along the Arras 
road on a hot sultry July day with the sun beating down on 
the men struggling with their heavy packs. It was not without 
interest, however, as the hike took the company past innumer- 
able aeroplane sheds with their bombing planes going to and 
from the lines, past the immense sausage observation balloons 
they had so long seen from afar and countless ammunition dumps 

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stacked high with powerful explosives, gas shells, grenades, 
barbed wire, dugout timber and duck boards for trenches. All 
wells along the road were mined for destruction in case of retreat 
and every tree on the Arras road was cut and mined in such a 
way as to fall across the road and form an impassable barrier to 
the Boche in case of necessity. Trenches were numerous and 
barbed wire was everywhere. All was ready for the retreat that 
never came. One month later found the Boche promenading 
"tout de suite" the other way. 

La Cauchie was within seven kilometers of the front lines; 
very little training could be carried on here on account of the 
proximity to the front. Practice was had in occupying the re- 
serve trenches near the village as a German attack was feared 
that might break through the front line. The fact that American 
soldiers were on this front was a guarded secret and the town 
was also easily within shelling distance. Gas masks were re- 
quired to be carried at all times. On July 23rd and 27th some 
Officers and Non-commissioned Officers were sent to the front 
for instructions as to moving the companies in. On August 1st 
the men of "F" company found themselves cautiously skinning 
their eyes over the parapets of the front line trenches towards 
the Jerry line in front of the village of Ayette, some seven 
hundred yards away. No "Jerries" were to be seen but the 
"Whizz bangs," the rattle of machine guns and an occasional 
bullet singing by the head of the observer were convincing testi- 
mony that they were there. The British artillery spoke long and 
loud all day, but the Boche replies were few and far between 
though extremely accurate. The air was filled with the sounds 
of the shells as they lazily went on their way towards the back 
lines of both sides. "Street cars" — "Petersburg locals," the boys 
called them. No need to worry as long as they were going 
towards the back lines. It would be time enough to sit up and 
take notice when they began to fall in and around the front, 
breaking the barbed wire in front of the trenches to make pos- 
sible an entrance for a raid. The casualties were practically 
none and although no one can truthfully say he "enjoyed" the 
experience of the first day and night, there was a certain feel- 
ing of satisfaction that at last we were on the frontiers of dem- 

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ocracy face to face with the "gang" the Allies had been arguing 
with in various ways since August, 1!>14. The nights were 
illuminated by vary lights and signal rockets all along the Boche 
lines. They had their ''wind up" as the British Tommies called 
it. They had suspicioned that Americans were reinforcing the 
British troops and were keenly anxious to know what was going 
on at night in front of them and the "goings on" were consider- 
able. The boys were as busy as circus men pounding stakes 
with muffled hammers and putting up barbed wire in "No man's 
land." Patrols were everywhere exploring the shell holes, listen- 
ing posts and snipers posts. Some patrols were intrepid enough 
to crawl up to the Boche parapets and listen to them talking in 
the trenches. Our men could have reached over and tapped a 
"Heinie" on the head had they wanted to. One patrol still more 
adventurous got in behind the Boche front line so thirsty was he 
for information. Truly the Boche had a right to have his "wind 
up." It was not "No man's land" — It was "our land." 

In spite of considerable activity on both sides the casualties 
Avere very few. The trenches were well constructed with quite a 
'few bivouacs and dugouts, which afforded good protection while 
shells or "pineapples" were thrown over at midnight. On Au- 
gust 5th the company was relieved, the 3rd Battalion relieving 
the 2nd. Considerable difficulty was experienced with the relief 
as the night was rainy and time and again the men fell in the 
shell holes and disused trenches or tripped over barbed wire and 
fell. 

A brief rest was enjoyed and the company returned to the 
front lines — this time on the right of Ayette. The Boches were 
more active now and the shelling was almost incessant. The 
trenches were dug on a hill in a white chalk soil making a splen- 
did target for the German artillery. Orders were received for 
one platoon to establish a night outpost six hundred yards to the 
front on the Ayette-Moyenville road. The fourth platoon was 
assigned to the task and successfully held the post for four 
nights. Several unsuccessful attempts were made by the Ger- 
mans to take the post. Honorable mention is certainly due to 
the Non-commissioned officers of the company who assisted in 
supervising the erecting of the barbed wire — establishing and 

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holding the position which was a particularly important and pre- 
carious one. The British Officers were loud in their praise of the 
work of the whole regiment. 

CHAPTER V 

Off for the American Froxt 

On August 18th the company left the British front. One 
week later the British started a tremendous drive on their front 
which continued until the armistice was signed. August 19th 
and 20th the company was enroute to Fienvillers via Frevent 
and the "Shoe leather local." "Join the infantry and see the 
world on foot" became the slogan of the company and before 
France was left behind, it did not seem as if there was much of its 
soil that hadn't been tramped over by doughboy hobnails. The 
end of a hard two days' hike found the company at Feinvillers 
where the welcome news was received that the Division was go- 
ing to the American sector. Everyone had his mind on some 
good old American chow. On August 22nd the company en- 
trained at Bernaville for the American Sector. The route was 
via Paris which was passed through in the dead of the night and 
nothing could be seen of the great city except the dull blue street 
lights camouflaged to prevent air raids as much as possible. 
The company detrained at Poincon, a small village in the Vosges 
mountains, and immediately set out via Chatillion on one of the 
most gruelling hikes of its career in France. The "Promenade" 
covered fifty-one kilometers and it was a tired bunch who finally 
came to a definite halt at St. Broingt. The cordiality of the inhab- 
itants of the town coupled with the beautiful surrounding coun- 
try served to make the short week's sojourn a most pleasant one. 
The, terrian was excellent for field problems and scouting prac- 
tice and considerable of this was done. A hike was made to Cha- 
tillion-sur-Seine on August 31st. Pup tents were thrown up for 
the night on a hill outside of the city. The entire regiment was 
camped on the hill and the thousands of pup tents presented a 
spectacle that brought the French inhabitants out gaping in 
wonder. At night with the myriads of lighted candles in the 
tents the scene was one long to be remembered. Early on 

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the morning of September 2nd camp was broken and the com- 
pany was again aboard a "Hommes-Chevaux" special, this time 
bound for Ligny, via St. Dizier and Bar le due. Ligny was 
reached at 6.00 p. m. on that day. The company left on march 
at 7.00 p. m. passing through Starnville for a thickly wooded area 
fifteen kilometers distant which was reached just after midnight 
and the boys made their beds on the ground — a light rain was 
falling. The following day pup tents were pitched in these 
woods and pine tags used for bedding. No one was allowed out 
of the woods during the day and every precaution was used to 
camouflage our location. Night practice marches were carried 
out. Luminous dial watches were not even worn. While in this 
location we were greeted with rain every day, and each day the 
life there was more disagreeable. We were in mud several 
inches deep just before moving on the night of the 8th, when the 
company left at 8.30 o'clock marching all night through a steady 
rain, passing Ligny, twenty-three kilos to Morleincourt, arriving 
there at 5.00 a. m. Here packs were unrolled and we made our 
beds on the ground just at the dawn of day. The night had 
been extremely dark and we had experienced hiking with a 
thunderstorm prevailing — the lightning at times blinding us to 
the extent that we could not keep on the road. We were all 
thoroughly soaked before reaching our destination. The after- 
noon following tents were pitched on the side of a very steep 
hill just outside the village of Moreleincourt where we remained 
until the night of the 10th, when we moved to Velaines. Dur- 
ing the stay on the hill just referred to rain prevailed almost con- 
tinuously day and night, and we moved just in time to save 
being washed to the bottom of the hill — thick mud having begun 
to run around the pup tents. We reached Velaines at midnight 
and immediately occupied dry billets which were more than 
welcome. At Velaines we were fairly comfortable. The billets 
were crowded but we were in the dry and off the ground. The 
weather was warm during the day although chilly at night. 
No lights were allowed and every precaution taken to hide our 
whereabouts from aerial observation. Platoons were allowed to 
go out one at a time to bathe in the adjacent canal. Instruction 
was carried on indoors, most of the time being devoted to the 

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Chauchot the French automatic ride. We were the army re- 
serves for the St. Mihiel drive and consequently had to be ready 
to move out at a moment's notice. Army Headquarters for 
field operations were then at Ligny quite a large town four 
kilometers east of Yelaines where we had detrained on our trip 
from Chatillion. 

CHAPTER VI 

Off for the September j6:ii Offensive 

We received notice in the middle of Sunday afternoon, Sep- 
tember 15th, that we would move by truck at 5.00 p. m. Supper 
was hurriedly prepared, packs rolled and billets policed — the 
usual two days iron rations were carried by each man. Minute 
instructions were received by the company as to how it should 
be divided into units of sixteen men each, each unit to board a 
designated truck. It was figured the company could board the 
trucks in two minutes. Everything was ready but the trucks 
turned out to be French and speed in loading was not one of their 
accomplishments — they insisted that we get on as they directed. 
Accordingly the company formed in single file and a French 
Officer counted off sixteen men. He then called a truck driver 
who conducted the men to his truck. More often than not the 
driver was a Chinaman. After they had invoiced an hour or more 
the battalion was loaded and ready to start. The route lay 
through Bar-le-Duc, thence north to the Souilly-Ippecourt road, 
to the Bois de Vaux Warin. The French trucks stopped two 
kilometers this side of the woods and neither threat nor com- 
mands would cause them to go further. The drivers had un- 
doubtedly been driving night and day and were very tired. Ex- 
perience has since taught us that they stop where they see fit, not 
consulting our wishes. Packs were slung and a short hike 
started for the woods. There was some delay in allotting the 
space within the woods to the various units, which the troops 
spent in resting by the roadside. The crack of dawn found 
everyone in the wood and fast asleep. The sixty kilometer ride 
without lights of any kind had tired everyone. 

The next four days were spent in pup tents screened from 

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aerial observation by the forest trees. No one was allowed out- 
side of the woods by day. The surrounding woods were full of 
troops and the roads were crowded with transports and artillery. 
A French colonial camp at the foot of the woods and the 
unloading of artillery from nearby trains gave the boys some- 
thing to look at. Training, principally in map reading and in the 
firing of the Chauchot automatic rifle, was carried on in the 
woods. Rations were brought in at night and neither fires nor 
lights allowed except during daylight hours. Here the Colonel 
and his Staff fared with the doughboy, both living in pup tents. 

On the night of September 19th we left the Bois de Vaux 
Warin and started an all night hike with full packs. The morn- 
ing found us just entering the Bois Nixeville. The whole divis- 
ion was concentrated in this woods. Everyone will remember 
the last two kilometers through the mud which often came up to 
the shoe tops. Pup tents were again pitched and the rules against 
lights rigidly enforced. Verdun lay six kilometers to the North- 
east and part of its defense could be seen from the edge of the 
woods. Thick belts of wire ran across the fields. There were great 
curtains along the roads to screen them from the view of observa- 
tion balloons. Sometimes they were strung directly above and 
across the road to prevent frontal observation. All realized that 
they were now getting close to the front line and near action. All 
the men were full of confidence and anxious to get the HUN 
out in the open and show him that the American dough-boy 
had faith in his bayonet. This wish was soon to be gratified for 
it was here that we received our battle maps. The sector of 
attack was closely studied and all preparations made to carry out 
the attack as planned. 

From here we moved via Fromerville and Germonville to 
the Bois Bourrus on the night of September 24th. Verdun was 
now southeast of us and the far famed Dead Man's Hill was 
directly to our front. We had passed through the uninhabited 
little shell torn village of Fromerville. The sight but steeled the 
men to their work — what had once been a quiet French village 
giving the comforts of home to the peaceful inhabitants was now 
a deserted, shell wrecked town. A few walls of stone still re- 
mained standing as though crying aloud in their nakedness at 

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those who had caused all this destruction. The morning ot 
September 25th reconnoitering parties went up to Dead Man's 
Hill in order to be able to act as guides later. Shells occasionally 
dropped in the woods but fortunately they were few and far 
between, the Hun evidently not suspecting our presence. We 
were nervously awaiting the naming of "D" day (Date of At- 
tack) and "H" hour (Hour of Attack). The code for aeroplane 
signals was given out and the plan of laison gone over. Finally 
at about nightfall of September 25th, "D" day and "H" hour were 
given out as being 26th of September at 5.30 a. m. As soon 
as it was dark the road was jammed with a moving throng — 
horse transport — automobiles — -artillery — infantry — all bent on 
being in position by 5.30 a. m. At 10.00 p. m. Company "F" 
was moved into this channel already overly congested. In be- 
tween limbers, alongside horses, up on the banks, the company 
pressed forward intent on getting into position. The heavy pack 
had been left behind, the men carried their light pack with its 
iron ration and toilet articles, 220 rounds of ammunition, steel 
helmet and gas mask — it was hard work making progress in such 
a jammed roadway. Finally the wrecked village of Chattan- 
court was reached. Not one stone remained on top of another. 
An occasional shell flew overhead and launched in the field 
beyond. Ammunition dumps were everywhere. 

We began the ascent of Dead Man's Hill (le mort Homme). 
Shell holes were everywhere, little ones within the greater ones 
— great bands of barbed wire forty and fifty feet thick ran in all 
directions. We could see the flame from the cannon as we came 
up the road. At one o'clock our own artillery opened up and the 
screech of shells passing overhead was continuous. Slowly we 
made our way up the hill and into the trenches on the further 
side beyond which stretched No Man's Land and the German 
wire with its system of trenches. The night was foggy and it 
was impossible to see over a few yards. The French barrage on 
our right flank had opened up at eleven o'clock. Under such 
conditions we made our way to the jumping off point on the 
north slope of le mort Homme, relieving the 33rd Division 
which withdrew and attacked on our right with the 4th Division 
on our left. 

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The plan of attack called for the 1st Battalion to form the 
assaulting wave, the 2nd Battalion to follow at five hundred 
yards, with the 3rd Battalion as a reserve. 

CHAPTER VII 

The Attack 

At 5.00 a. m. our machine guns opened their barrage and 
by their fire kept the Hun away from his trench mortars and 
other weapons in the front line. Promptly at 5.30 a. m. the com- 
pany left the trenches and passed through our own wire into No 
Man's Land. The 4th platoon, acting as part of the Division 
liason patrol had already gone forward. The attack had com- 
menced. Bethincourt lay at the foot of Dead Man's Hill and in 
No Man's Land, on the hill just beyond was the German trench. 
A little brook, The Rau de Forges, flowed peacefully down the 
valley forming a marsh said to be impassable to foot troops. 
The Engineers had thrown a single foot bridge across this 
stream. The men moved forward to follow the barrage which 
moved 100 meters every four minutes through the fog — the 
smoke from the bursting shells intensifying the fog. Bullets 
whizzed overhead and shells screeched on their way to points in 
the rear. It was known that a few German machine guns were 
located in the swamp. Under protection of the barrage and the 
fog, the stream was reached and crossed, some wading through 
the marsh and stream, others using the foot bridge. A few 
crossed on planks left by German patrol parties. The German 
wire was encountered and passed through. Trenches loomed up 
out of the fog. The few remaining Huns put up their hands. 
The 1st Battalion was supposed to lead the assault with the 2nd 
Battalion following. The fog prevented the keeping of proper 
distances and frequently the lines were mixed. Everyone pushed 
forward. The sun came out revealing large numbers of Huns 
coming towards us with their hands in the air. 

After a four kilometers advance serious opposition was en 
countered in the Bois Jure which lies just northwest of Gercourt 
and was directly in front of us with its numerous machine gun 
nests. On the left flank was the Bois Sachet with a number of 

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machine guns. By filtering forward and by the aid of auxiliary 
arms these woods were forced but not until a number of the men 
had made the supreme sacrifice. The Hois Jure was cleaned out, 
including a dugout with two kegs of German beer. The officers ate 




A COMRADE'S GRAVE ON THE 
BATTLEFIELD 

The dead have since been removed and placed 

in two large cemeteries at Romangne 

and Thiacourt. 

a dinner left partially cooked by the fleeing German commander. 
The northern edge of the woods was the Corps objective and here 
a position was taken up about noon. The total distance advanced 
was Yy 2 kilometers. Our own artillery had not yet come up. The 

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difficulties of moving guns and supplies through the wire and 
trendies surrounding what had been No Man's Land were tre- 
mendous. The German artillery that which had been able to 
get away had retreated along pre-arranged routes, and about 
noon or as soon as we had reached the corps objective, they 
began a severe bombardment which resulted in many casualties 
— Company "F" losing five men by one shell which hit a tree. 
Trenches were dug and all available cover was used. A German 
battery of Austriafti 77's commonly called whizz bangs, was lo- 
cated in a concealed position on the opposite side of the valley. It 
did destructive work to our forces. A few German machine guns 
were discovered in the valley in front of us. An artillery 
observer came up with a wire running back to his battery and 
soon had the shells dropping among the Huns. Our Infantry 
took pot shots at the Hun machine gunners as the artillery drove 
them from hole to hole. 

Late that afternoon orders were received to continue the 
advance. The village of Dannevoux lies in a deep valley just 
north of the Bois Jure. The Germans had set fire to a building 
of supplies in Dannevoux and it burned brightly in the early 
evening. At dark we formed on the western edge of the Bois 
Jure and moved north passing through the western outskirts 
of Dannevoux. Here one 15 inch gun and a battery of 5 inch 
guns were captured. We also ran into a wire cage which had 
been used as a prison camp. It was pitch dark. We worked our 
way around it. The Germans on the hillside above were evi- 
dently unable to tell whether it was friend or foe approaching. 
An occasional shot was fired, but the company continued its 
advance with scouts to the front. We passed in the rear of two 
concrete "pill boxes," the walls of which were over four feet 
thick and reinforced with steel. The Hun was surprised and 
we passed by in the darkness without his revealing his position 
or our suspecting it. We also unknowingly passed to the rear of 
a German battery of 5 inch guns and one 14 inch gun, which 
is now at West Point. Finally the crest of the hill was reached 
and the woods — Bois de Moreaux — which overlooks the 
Meuse opposite Vilosues, was penetrated. The occupants of a 
dugout had left in such a hurry that their light was left burn- 

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ing. Later this dugout was used as company headquarters and 
the light made use of by the company officers. It was a calcium 
carbide light and the dugout contained a good supply of the 
chemical. Everyone was completely tired out and after post- 
ing of sentinels, lay down to rest. It was drizzling rain and the 
ground was wet. However each man was asleep the moment he 
hit the ground. 




GERMAN M. G. PILL BOX 

Re-inforced concrete machine gun emplacement built for purposes 

of concealment, in a corner of a barn. The concrete walls 

are of the same thickness as the height 

of the man in this picture. 

The battalion had attained the Army objective, advanced 
ten kilometers, captured a German dump at Vilosues valued at 
$10,000,000, taken many prisoners and after a night advance of 
four kilos, landed squarely on our objective. Our night attack 
had surprised the Germans. We had maintained our direc- 
tion by means of a luminous compass. Had we waited until the 
following day to reach our Army objective we would undoubtedly 
have lost heavily, for, according to statements of prisoners, we 
had reached the Meuse River just in time to prevent reinforce- 
ments from crossing. The men had been on their feet for over 

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thirty-six hours, more- tha 1 half of which had been spent in 
fighting. It is not surprising they slept in drizzling rain. 

At .">..!() a. m. everyone was up and the construction of fox 
holes commenced. Patrols were sent out to connect up with the 
units on the left and right. We had not seen any of our own 
troops since the beginning of the attack the previous night but 
everyone had confidence that all had attained the objective — the 
rifle fire during the night had indicated that the whole line had 
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road in the Hois Dannevous on our left — "G" Company was 
with us in the Hois Aloriaux and on our right. Stray Germans 
were located about the wood and a few came in and surrendered 
voluntarily. The German artillery was not sure where we were 
but the weather cleared in the early morning and their planes 
began circling overhead. The company soon learned to respect 
those planes for when they spotted a doughboy a puff of smoke 
shot from their tail and the artillery soon commenced to play on 
that spot. 

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During the fighting of the previous day many men had 
thrown away all of their equipment except rifles and cartridges. 
This allowed them to pursue the Germans more swiftly but the 
loss of the canteen now began to be felt. There was no water 
anywhere except that in shell holes which had been filled with 
mustard gas and could not be touched. Those that had water 
shared it with those who had not. By nightfall there was no 
water anywhere. Fortunately the transport got up the next 
day but not until much suffering had resulted. Canned tomatoes 
arrived ahead of the water cart. These were promptly punctured 
and the liquid drunk. The wounded lay in a dugout on the crest 
of the hill for two days before ambulances could get up close 
enough to allow of their evacuation. Their fortitude deserves 
special mention. 

On the night of the 2?th a special runner arrived from the 
rear with word that the enemy were about to counter attack. 
This w r orried no one. The Germans were engaged at that minute 
in blowing up the bridge over the Meuse, conclusive evidence 
that no counter attack was contemplated. Early in the evening 
of the 27th outposts were established far to the front. These 
were withdrawn at daylight, the ground being bare without 
shrubs or other protection against aerial observation. All during 
the 27th and 28th the troops were heavily shelled, a large per- 
centage of the shells being gas. Sniping from the opposite bank 
of the Meuse was constantly going on and all movements had to 
be under cover. 

On the evening of the 28th it was reported we were to be 
relieved and allowed to dry out and rest. About midnight a 
runner arrived with the news that we were to be relieved by the 
33rd Division. About dawn the relieving company from the 
129th Infantry, 33rd Division, arrived. We left the wood and 
started to the rear in a column of files. The Huns were shelling 
Dannevoux very heavily. We made a detour around the town 
and thanks to the fog escaped observation. Once in the Bois 
Jure we rested a few minutes then started again. At Gercourt 
orders were received to proceed by the shortest route to Bois 
Montfaucon. Across fields and through wire, up hill and down 
the path ran. Fortunatelv we reached the protection of some 

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hills before the fog lifted. But for the fog the Huns would 
have had direct observation upon us at many places and our cas- 
ualties from their artillery fire would have undoubtedly been 
heavy. Our kitchen had been directed to the Bois Montfaucon 
and hurriedly prepared us a hot dinner. The shell holes fur- 
nished a place to wash and shave. A battery of captured Ger- 
man guns were firing from the edge of the woods at their former 
owners. The fire to our front was intense and a constant stream 
of wounded were passing to the rear. Dead horses and discarded 
equipment were mixed indiscriminately over the terrain. A dead 
Boche lay here and there. 

Before dinner was finished word was received to fall in 
immediately. The rumor rapidly spread that the Hun had coun- 
ter attacked. Tanks were moving about. Companies were 
formed, marched to the road, and headed for the front. Before 
leaving the wood our column was halted, the men lay down 
and went to sleep, some in the bushes and some on the road 
bank. Supper was served here and we moved out directly after- 
ward. Again it was a tramp across country, through barbed 
wire, over trenches, dead horses and other debris. We were 
moving in an easterly direction almost parallel with the front. 
Movement was slow and difficult. Tired men require time when 
the footing has to be constantly watched. The city of Montfau- 
con, situated on the highest of the surrounding hills was still 
burning. It is said that it was from a stone and concrete tower 
upon this hill that the German Crown Prince watched the opera- 
tion against Verdun in 1916. This tower was the only remaining 
thing left standing in the old city when the armistice was signed. 
It is built of concrete and steel and camouflaged by being built 
within a house. 

Shortly after dark a sector of a former German trench was 
assigned to the company just in the rear of the village of Cuisy ; 
the fire step was reversed and everyone but the gas and trench 
guards turned in. Tired men can sleep in the bottom of wet 
trenches with the sky for a cover. The next day bivies were dug 
in the sides of the trenches and homes built in the ground as only 
soldiers know how to build. Fires were not allowed and no one 
could go out of the trenches. German aviators frequently flew 

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COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

overhead. Most of the German shells landed in the valley below 
or upon the opposite bank. We were fortunate in being on the 
reverse slope. A battery of French L55's was operating in the 
bushes and the gunners occupied the trench with us. It was 
here that General Cronkhite congratulated the men by sending 
out the following bulletin : 

P. C. 8oth Division A. E. F. 

30th September, ipiS. 

( Extract ) 

To the Officers and Enlisted Men of the 8oth Division 

1 wish to express to you my deep appreciation of the great 
work accomplished by you. in your first active operation. 

Your work has received the highest commendation from our 
Corps Commander, and his confidence in your military prowess 
is evidenced by the demands he has made upon your services. 

You will soon be called upon for another push. 

Remember that you made the Army ( )bjective on your 
first call. 

Remember that the 80th Division never stops short of the 
Army Objective, wherever it may be placed. 

The enemy is faltering; his allies are deserting him. His 
infantry will not stand before your onrush. 

Continue to smother his machine gunners by skilful man- 
euvering: hit his line hard and push through. 

Get i-iim on the run, and we shall eat our 
thanksgiving dinner in peace 

A Cronkhite. 

Major General. 



CHAPTER VIII 

Attack of October 4TH 

Earlv on the morning of the fourth word was received that 
we would move forward in a half hour. Grenades and extra 
ammunition were at once distributed, light packs slung and the 
company crawled out of the trench in line of combat groups. 

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We continued in this formation, passing through the artillery to 
hill 295, north of Septsarges and southeast of Nantillois. Here 
the battalion was put under the command of the 159th Brigade 
which had been held up and needed assistance. Just before 
reaching the hill a German aeroplane came over operating ma- 
chine guns. This was brought down by anti-aircraft fire and in 
landing crashed into a camouflaged battery position. Shortly 
after this another German machine was brought down, com- 
pletely collapsing and catching fire before it hit the ground. At 




THE GRAVES OF SOME OF OUR DEAD ON 
THE EDGE OF THE BOIS DES OGONS 



about three p. m. the company moved northeast to a point near 
the Montfaucon-Nantillois road where supper was eaten and 
extra rations handed out. Fox holes were dug. 

At five o'clock we moved forward in line of squad columns 
and took over the sector of the front line held up by the Bois 
des Ogons, relieving the 317th Infantry. Our battalion was as- 
signed the task of attacking and taking the woods. At dark orders 
were received by F and G Companies to move up the right flank 
where the line had advanced a kilometer, to force an entrance to 
the woods and move to the west until we joined up with H and 
E Companies coming from the west flank, and thus squeeze out 

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the Hois de ' >gons which had been a thorn in the side of the corps 
advance for several days. The troops assigned to the left flank. 
E and II Companies, found that the line had been erroneously 
reported and instead of being ahead of the Bois de < )gons line 
it was even with or behind it, consequently the troops on the left 
had to hght their way through a frontal position hefore they 
could penetrate into the Bois des Ogons from the left — they 
attempted to do this hut it was impossible. Meanwhile Company 
F had gone up the right flank, penetrated the woods one and 
a half kilometers behind the Hun lines and was fighting its 
way toward the west where it expected to meet the companies 
attacking from that direction. Every time a Hun moved through 
the brush the thought instantly flashed through our minds, "a 
scout from our left attacking Companies ;" hence a challenge was 
always made before firing. This saved many a Hun from death. 
Several Hun barracks were searched and passed, the adjacent 
dug-outs were combed. The company continued to fight its way 
towards the west until it had crossed the open space between the 
Bois des Ogons and Dois de Cunel — it was then one and a half 
kilometers behind the German line surrounded by the enemy. The 
company fought its way due west along the southern edge of 
this woods through the farm de la Madeleine, took a prisoner, 
who was later killed by a bullet from his comrades. The adja- 
cent buildings were seen to contain a number of Germans. They 
were effectively riddled with rifle bullets and grenades. A large 
red cross sign, made of painted stone, lying on the ground indi- 
cated that the buildings had once been used as a hospital. 

The Nantillois-Cunel road was crossed at this point, and a 
few hundred yards further the southwest corner of the Bois de 
Cunel was reached. It was then realized that the companies that 
had attacked on the west had been unable to advance. There 
was but one thing for F Company to do — fight its way out. We 
turned due south, moved out of the woods across the open to 
another woods, encountered more barracks and dug-outs and 
finally the German front line through which we started. Un- 
fortunately a German bomb exploded in our midst wounding 
several men and causing some of those near to temporarily lose 
their sense of direction and consequently to be separated from 

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the company. These men were taken prisoners the next day (see 
page (1 for the story of their experience) but not until the Ger- 
mans had paid a heavy toll. 

The direction had been maintained by use of a prismatic 
compass, the dial being set to travel in a southerly direction. 
It was here that our Battalion surgeon. Lt. James R. St. Clair, 
and his men became separated from the company. Lt. St. Clair 
had followed the company to look after the wounded. He main- 
tained his sense of direction and came out of the woods toward 




THE VALLEY IN FRONT OF THE BOIS DES OGONS 

Exposed to the fire of the German machine guns, across which valley 
Company F passed in the afternoon attack of October 5. 



our lines, but was forced by the Hun machine guns to seek shel- 
ter in a shell hole. Every time he moved they opened fire and 
in the morning the Americans did likewise. Bugler Michael A. 
Cerra shared the hole with Lt. St. Clair. Each side thought the 
two men belonged to the other. Finally, after eighteen hours 
they were rescued by an American patrol who stumbled upon 
them. 

The company fought its way through the German line and 
continued across No Man's Land and entered our own lines 

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through the sector held by the Third Division. It was then 
about 3.00 a. m. Everyone was tired out and the company lav- 
down for a few hours rest. With the coming of daylight we 
crossed over into the 80th Division sector and moved back up to 
the front line where we continued the work of digging in on the 
reverse slope of the hill in front of the Bois des Ogon. The 
Germans shelled us heavily all day, most of the shells falling on 
the slope at our rear. Machine gun bullets were continually 
flying just over our heads. The angle of our slope agreed with 
their angle of fall, hence they just grazed the whole hill. 

At 6.00 p. m. on October 5th word was received to attack 
at 6.30 behind a rolling barrage. We moved over the top of 
the hill and hugged the barrage, making use of all available 
cover against the machine gun lire. For a space of three hundred 
yards we moved down a hill, coming across a small stream and 
up the other slope facing the fire of the enemy over perfectly open 
ground. Thanks to the shell holes our casualties were few. We 
followed the barrage through the woods until our objective was 
reached where we started to dig in at once. 

The artillery fire was intense and we moved back two hun- 
dred yards where there was more protection. Early the next 
morning we moved back to our objective and continued to dig in. 
During the early morning the others of the battalion came 
up on a line with us. 

At 8.00 a. m. the order was given to continue the advance. 
This we did but encountered severe machine gun fire which 
resulted in heavy casualties without any gain in ground. 
Throughout the day the Boche shelled us heavily ; his aeroplanes 
were constantly overhead correcting the fire of his artillery. Out- 
posts were established and every effort made to make the posi- 
tion capable of defense. The snipers came up from the rear at 
o.OO p. m. with orders to ascertain the strength of the enemy. 
They had no sooner got beyond our line than the enemy cut 
loose with machine gun and artillery fire. The Boche evidently 
expected another attack. Many of our men considered this a 
preparation for a counter attack. The snipers, or what was left 
of them, beat a hasty retreat and reported the enemy to be in 
strength on our front, a thing we already knew. The German 

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tire gradually slackened and with darkness everything settled 
down to quietness. An occasional shell could be heard on its 
way overhead. 

At midnight of the 6th we were relieved by the third 
battalion, 319th Infantry, and marched by the compass hack to 
the trench we formerly occupied in the rear of Cuisv. The 
relief was accomplished in perfect order Company F had but 
thirty-one men in line at the time of relief having gone into 




THE SLOPE UP WHICH COMPANY F ATTACKED THE 
■ AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 5th 

Driving the German machine gunners from their concealed 
positions, in the edge of the Bois des Ogons. 



action with one hundred seventy-eight. The Germans were 
shelling the rear heavily but by avoiding cross roads and towns 
we avoided most of the shell fire. At 3.00 a. m. on the morning 
of the ith we lay down in our old "bivies" which he had left so 
hurriedly the morning of the 4th. We had taken the Bois des 
Ogons and opened the way for a further advance. During the 
day packs were brought up by the transport and the men made 
themselves as comfortable as possible. The battalion was thor- 

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oughly tired out. The constant exposure and hard inarching was 
telling on the best of the men. Many were suffering from slight gas 
burns but preferred to stay with the company rather than be 
evacuated and lose their organization. The shelling was constant 
and the front continued active. It was not known whether we 
would have to take over the line again in a day or two or whether 
we would be withdrawn for a rest. 

About 1.00 a. rh. of October 12th word came that the Divis- 
ion was to be relieved by the 5th Division and that we would 
march at 3.00 a. m. The cooks prepared breakfast and at 3.00 
a. m. the Battalion commenced its march overland to the point 
of concentration in the Foret de Hesse. This region had been 
recently taken from the Hun and was covered with barbed wire 
and trenches. Up over the hills back of Cuisy and down the 
valley to the village of Malancourt the path ran overland. The 
pitch darkness added to the difficulties of the march. The village 
of Malancourt was finally reached — it was nothing but a pile of 
stone. The stones that once sheltered happy homes were now 
scattered aimlessly upon the ground. An occasional tree trunk 
remained standing, bare of its limbs — standing tribute to the 
effectiveness of the shell fire and gas that marked the savage fight- 
ing there. The Malancourt-Avancourt road was taken to Avan- 
court. For a great part of its length it runs through the Great 
Forest of Malancourt. This great forest was a picture of de- 
struction. Great trees had been bodily uplifted, others torn and 
shattered to shreds. Great holes twenty and thirty feet deep 
marked the landing place of large shells. The road had been hit 
in several places and had been hastily rebuilt of logs and sand 
bags. It was difficult to comprehend that a force could exist 
gigantic enough to have registered such destruction among the 
great trees of the forest there evident. 

At Avocourt the road running southeast to the Bois Sud de 
Avocourt, a part of the large Foret de Hesse, was taken and the 
shelter of the woods reached. Pup tents were pitched, kitchens 
brought up and camp made in as comfortable a way as conditions 
would allow. There was considerable debris lying about in the 
form of ammunition boxes, etc., and this was used to add to the 
comfort of the pup tent camp. 

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Just before reaching road fork F Co. met stiff opposition from small trenches. 

Captured 209 prisoners here and 21 machine guns 



COMPANY /•". 319th INFANTRY 

At .'!.(»(> a. 111. of October 14th word was received to fall in 
at once. Packs were rolled and the company formed. Then 
began a long hard march to Recicourt at which point it was 
rumored French trucks would pick us up. This turned out to be 
true and we boarded trucks for an unknown destination. We 
went in a southerly direction through the villages of Clermont 
Froidos, Waly. Foucancourt and Thiacourt to Senard, at which 
place the company was assigned to a barn that contained plenty 
of bunks and a couple of stoves. An improvised kitchen was at 
once set up in an adjoining apple orchard and a hot meal pre- 
pared. Three days were consumed in resting and drawing new 
equipment. Then began a period of training. Seventy-two 
replacements were received (formerly 76th Division men) to 
make up for the heavy losses suffered. Especial attention was 
paid to the use of the grenade, both hand and rifle. While here 
six men were given a seven day leave to Mont Dore. 

CHAPTER IX 

Offensive of November ist 

Late in the evening of October 22nd the order to prepare to 
entruck for the front was received, and shortly after 7.00 a. m. 
the following day a French truck train pulled into the village. 
Troops were loaded in the usual French fashion. The route lay 
through Thiacourt, Brizeaux, Waly. Froides, Clermont, Les 
Islettes to a point near Le Claon where the Argonne Forest was 
entered. From here the troops marched to the wooded hills 
beyond La Chalade where they occupied what had once been a 
system of French dugouts. The weather was good and the air 
invigorating. Everyone felt better than at the clamp village of 
Senard even though the roar of the guns was much nearer and the 
attack of aeroplanes more probable. The woods were bombed 
at frequent intervals as was the traffic burdened road in the 
valley below but fortunately our troops were not hit. We were 
now within a rive hour march of the front and settled down for 
a few days' preparation for the drive which all knew would soon 
take place. The company received a supply of practice grenades. 
Several hours were spent in practice throwing. The Browning 

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Automatic rifle, which was issued just before departure from 
Senard, was also given daily attention. The experience gained 
with these weapons later proved invaluable. 

Late in the evening of the 25th word came that we would 
leave early the following morning. Packs were rolled early. 
The company left at 8.30 o'clock marching about seven kilometers 
in the direction of the front, passing over ground that had recent- 
ly been taken from the Hun. Many ammunition dumps were ob- 
served and large quantities of enemy material. At 12.10 p. m. a 
halt was made for lunch and shortly thereafter information came 
that we were to go back to the dugouts near La Chalade instead 
of relieving the 82nd Division, which was holding the line. On 
the return march it was clearly demonstrated that the replace- 
ments from the ?6th Division had not been accustomed to long 
hikes for on reaching our destination about sixty-nine of the sev- 
enty-two replacements had fallen out, while not a single one of 
the old men was missing. The replacements were carrying a 
quantity of surplus equipment and consequently had packs too 
heavy for long marches. 

At 8.30 a. m. on October 30th word was received that the 
regiment would move from that area at 11.30 a. m. toward the 
front. The road ran up through the Argonne woods. Packs 
were dropped at the edge of the woods about 5.30 p. m. Supper 
was eaten under protection of the woods. An occasional shell 
reminded all of the close proximity of the front line. The column 
left the woods at dark and passed through Chatel and Chatel 
Chehery, places from which the Germans had recently been 
driven and which were in ruins. The route ran thence to Flee- 
ville following the valley of the river Aire, then over the hills 
to Sommerance. Here the company was met by an officer from 
the 82nd Division and guided to a set of fox holes along the road 
west of the town. 

The plan of the coming attack called for the 80th Division 
to take up a position in the rear of the 82nd Division and to 
pass to the attack by going through the lines of the 82nd, the 
idea being to avoid any possibility of the Germans being aware 
of our presence until the attack was launched. The 80th Division 
was to attack with the 160th Brigade in the front and the 159th 

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Brigade in the reserve. The 2nd Battalion was to lead the 
attack of the 319th Infantry with the 3rd Battalion in support 
and the 1st in reserve. Companies E and H of the 2nd Battalion 
were to form the attacking wave with Companies G and F in sup- 
port. The 77th Division was to attack on the left of the 80th and 
the 2nd Division on the right. 

The rest of the night of the 30th and the day of the 31st 
were spent in the fox holes keeping out of the sight of the Ger- 
man planes. The shell fire was intermittent, at times becoming 
heavy. At 11.00 p. m. the company moved due north 500 yards 
and prepared to carry out the attack. Promptly at 2.00 a. m., 
our artillery began its barrage. Its fire was terrific. The guns 
were practically hub to hub. It is said there was a cannon to 
every fourteen feet of front. During the night machine guns 
had been brought up and put in position from which they could 
rake the German front line. There were seventy-five machine 
guns to the regimental front. At 5.00 a. m. they opened fire. 
It was terrific. The air was filled with smoke, gas, and powder 
fumes. The machine gun fire was so effective that large quanti- 
ties of trench mortar shells were later captured in the German 
front line as they were unable to work their guns. 

At 5.30 a. m. the barrage lifted and commenced to move 
forward one hundred yards every four minutes. The attack was 
on. Company F moved forward at 5.42 passing through the 
82nd Division, following H Company at five hundred yards. Some 
difficulty was experienced in getting through the German wire. 
Losses were heavy but the men continued the advance fighting 
their way to Immecourt. The company passed to the east of the 
village toward the hills beyond where heavy machine gun fire 
was encountered. The rifle grenades and automatic rifles imme- 
diately opened on the German position. The phosphorus gren- 
ades and the Browning automatic rifles struck terror to the 
hearts of the Germans, some 209 of them coming out of their 
trenches with hands in the air. Fifteen machine guns were also 
surrendered as well as nine field pieces. The prisoners were sent 
to the rear under a small guard. 

The company reorganized and again took up the advance 
moving in a northerly direction. Machine gun fire was again 

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encountered. The infantry withdrew while the artillery shelled 
the area from which the machine gun fire appeared to he coming. 
Here the Boche laid down a heavy counter barrage and things 
were very lively. Shortly before noon the barrage lifted and 
the advance was again taken up. A short distance beyond Imme- 
court the direction of advance was changed from due north to 
eleven degrees east of north. Intermittent machine gun fire 
was encountered throughout the afternoon. Darkness found the 
company on the final objective. G and E Companies had failed 
to get beyond Immecourt with the result that the left flank was 
left exposed. The Germans took advantage of this and twice 
counter attacked during the evening. The first attack left a 
machine gun with ammunition in our hands — this gun was ef- 
fectively used in repelling the second counter attack. "H" Com- 
pany was on the objective on our right and there connected with 
the 2nd Division composed largely of marines. During the night 
ammunition was brought up. A laison patrol on its way to "H" 
Company captured two prisoners. 

Early on the morning of the 2nd our barrage started up. It 
was falling close to our position and for safety the troops with- 
drew three hundred yards, later they advanced to the top of the 
hill and in a driving rain, started to dig in. The German shell 
fire added to the hardships. About 9.30 a. m. the 159th Brigade 
passed through our lines to take up the attack. 

The company had advanced ten kilometers, had taken several 
hundred prisoners and thirty machine guns, in addition to nine 
cannon, one six inch gun and innumerable other stores. It had 
arrived on the Army objective and with thirty-five men, had 
held an exposed flank over night and had repelled two counter 
attacks. At 9.30 a. m. the company withdrew under shell fire 
in the direction of Immecourt to join the balance of the regiment 
which was forming there. At 2.00 p. m. same date the regiment 
started North marching through Buzancy to Bar. The latter 
twotowns had been in possession of the Germans forty-eighthours 
before and some of the houses were still burning. The company 
pitched pup tents in a field beyond the town, digging small 
holes in which to lie. This proved to be a wise precaution. 

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That night the Hun planes dropped ten bombs within the camp. 
Many tents were pierced but only two men were injured. 

The afternoon of November 4th the Regiment moved for- 
ward again going into bivouac on the reverse slope of a hill just 
south of Sommauthe. It rained all night and it was cold in addi- 
tion. The men had nothing but their light packs and the suffer- 
ing was intense. The next morning the regiment moved into the 
village. The retreating Germans had taken the inhabitants with 
them, leaving the houses vacant. Fires were kindled in the fire- 
places and the men commenced to dry themselves out. During 
the day many refugees came into the town. They were mostly 
from the northern part of France. The Germans had evidently 
transported them to this region for labor purposes and in their 
hasty retreat had left them to their fate. They were poorly clad 
and without food. They were collected in the church and given 
a good meal, then sent to the rear in returning ration and am- 
munition trucks. Two of the refugees were taken in charge by 
the French as suspected German spies. 

CHAPTER X 
The Armistice 

On the morning of November Tth, the march to the rear 
was commenced, the 80th Division having been relieved by the 
1st Division. The night of the 7th found the company bivouaced 
on a hill side outside of Champigneulle. This village had been 
battered to pieces by the artillery of both sides, but one corner of 
a barn remained standing. This was discovered to be full of hay 
and the men carted large armfulls of the hay out to the hill side 
to line the sides of the holes they had dug to sleep in. 

The morning of the 8th found the company again on the 
road, traveling south, Cornay was passed, and finally at Chatel 
Chehery we reached the road on which we had gone forward 
ten days previous. That night we entered the Argonne and 
moved into an old German rest camp. The camp stretched along 
the sides of a saucer shaped hill. The wooden buildings were 
arranged in five tiers, all connected by steps and paths. The 
camp was entirely hidden by the dense foliage and for four years 

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had afforded the Germans an excellent resting place. That even- 
ing the band gave a concert. The next two days were spent in 
cleaning up and in rest. On the morning of the 11th the march 
was continued. We took the same road back through the 
Argonne upon which we had advanced and passed through La 
Chalade, turning off at Le Claon for Florent. 

For a week we had heard rumors of an armistice. The 
morning of the 11th was full of rumors— one passerby would 
tell it as the truth while the next would contradict it. The men 
were not in a hurry to believe it nor to disbelieve it. They 
had done their duty, others could do the cheering. At last 
the reports proved true; the armistice was signed, fighting was 
over. There was no demonstration, no cheering, no merry mak- 
ing. The troops entered Florent, to find the few remaining in- 
habitants on their way to church to give thanks to God. Some 
of the older ones were crying and wringing their hands. The 
news was too good to be true. The children were the only ones 
to show any signs of exultation. Florent had been but a few 
kilometers behind the old front-line and was constantly threat- 
ened by the Germans. It was here in this shell torn village, sur- 
rounded by bands and bands of barbed wire and intrenchments, 
that we rested six days. 

We held our first muster here since returning from the lines. 

Possibly the event of the week which will be remembered 
longest was the memorial service held in the town square. The 
regiment was drawn up in close column of battalions. The regi- 
mental band rendered music for the occasion. Chaplain Church- 
ill gave the invocation, Chaplain Lee read a portion of the fif- 
teenth chapter of Corinthians, Chaplain Pelletier offered the con- 
cluding prayer. The following General Order was. read by the 
Acting Adjutant : 

HEADQUARTERS 319th INFANTRY, 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

10 November, ipip 
General Order No. 2 — P. C. 

1. The Regimental Commander wishes to commend, in the 
highest terms, the Officers and enlisted men of the 319th Infan- 

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try for their gallant and efficient conduct in actions just closed. 

2. Your fighting ability and will to win have been proved 
of the highest order and fill a chapter in American history of 
which our country will always be proud. 

3. In this hour, our admiration and thanks go out to those 
who have so worthily and gallantly given their all to uphold the 
best traditions of the American Army and to insure the success 
of the great principle of humanity for which our Country is fight- 
ing. 

James M. Love, Jr., 
Colonel, jiptli Infantry 

Commanding. 

In conclusion the band played the National airs of England. 
Italy, France and America. It was indeed an impressive service 
— a simple, tender tribute to the memory of the fallen heroes. 

Two days prior to our departure "Leaves" were granted for 
some of the Officers and enlisted men. Those of our company 
who were lucky enough to draw a "Leave" entrained in high 
spirits for Aix-les-Bains and so missed a two hundred and fifty 
kilometer hike which began two days later. 

CHAPTER XI 
250 Kilometer Hike 

On the morning of the 18th we hit the trail for twelve days 
of hiking that will not be forgotten for a long, long time. For- 
tunately nearly all were in good condition physically and the 
splendid spirit that was shown was simply another sample of 
Company F "Guts." The first day we passed through St. 
Meneheuld to the village of Chatres ; the next day to Remicourt 
and the following day to Revigny where we camped in a large 
hanger on the aviation field. That evening we received one 
hundred and seventeen replacements from the 40th Division. On 
the 22nd we marched to Harionville and on the 23rd through the 
city of St. Dizier to Eclaron where we remained over Sunday and 
participated (unofficially) in an impromptu "Frog" celebration. 
On the 25th we proceeded to Marancourt via Wassy, and on the 
following two days to Ville-sur-Terre and Jancourt respectively. 
Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, will long be remembered. 

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THE SECOND PLATOON IN WINTER QUARTERS 
AT ARTHONNAY 



COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

We set out at 3.45 a. m. and hiked about thirty kilometers 
through rain and mud to Loches, completing the hike on the 29th 
when w earrived at Arthonnay, Department of Yonne, where we 
went into billets and remained in this little village four months. 

Arthonnay deserves mention, for here we were treated bet- 
ter than in an}- other place and came to know almost every man. 
woman and child in the town. After the first two days of our 
stay, during which time we managed to get washed up and into 
clean clothes, we had a few days of leisure in which to look 
around and investigate the town that was to be our winter home. 
Everyone was busy trying to find himself a room and get as 
comfortable as possible. Some few, whose names we will not 
mention, had a wonderful system. It was, in short, to watch for 
a good looking Mademoiselle and after finding where she lived 
to call frequently, always taking chocolate candy as an offering ; 
the next step was to coax the Madame into giving up the room 
usually reserved for some visiting relative. These details once 
settled, one was in clover and could expect all the attention that 
was good for him. 

There were many things that helped to make life pleasant. 
Among them were the chicken, duck or turkey dinners that little 
groups of kindred souls would devour and wash down with 
"Beaucoup Vin rouge" or "Vin blanc" from Madame's own cel- 
lar or from one of the cafes of the town. The small amount of 
drill was just enough to keep one full of "Pep" and hungry, 
and who can say that it might not have been responsible for the 
stunts that were pulled off dark evenings under the closed win- 
dows of a certain cafe which missed about six bottles of "liquid 
fire" the following mornings. 

Where men are working and storing up energy there must 
be some outlet for it and the different forms that it took were 
startling to say the least. You might walk down the street and 
see one soldier showing a Frenchman how to shoe a horse, an- 
other one mending a plow, still another carrying a bundle for 
his "light o'love" who clumped along with him in her wooden 
shoes. After Christmas we received a small supply of indoor 
baseballs, bats, soccor balls, etc., and the number of broken win- 

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THIRD PLATOON IN FRONT OF THEIR QUARTERS 
AT ARTHONNAY 




THE FOURTH PLATOON IN WINTER QUARTERS AT ARTHONNAY 



COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

dows in the town will bear testimony to the fact that they were 
not allowed to remain unused. 

In the first part of January we organized a theatrical troupe r 
primarily to amuse our own town, but it blossomed out into such 
a regular show that the commanding officer ordered it to make a 
circuit of the area, playing in Balnot le Grange, Villers-le-Bois, 
Quinceret, Villen, Crusy-le-Chatel and Arthonnay. "A Night in 
an Orderly Room" was the title of the play and the principal 
parts were : 

The Captain First Sergeant Albert P. Smith 

"Nigger" Orderly Private William H. Mayhew 

Mail Clerk Private Edward S. Murray 

Quartet — Corporal George P. Reiter, William G. Conrad, 

Private James E. Carey, Private Peter W. Boalo 

Due Private William G. Conrad, Private Chauncy J. Raby 

Monologists. . . .Private Constant V. Viss, Private Louis Lasday 

Corporal Roy W T . Stepp and Private Russell C. Fike had 
charge of the property and Corporal W r alter W. Litman was the 
stage director. The show was a big success and was given the 
glad hand in every town. A large measure of this success was 
due to Sergeant Charles I. Friedberg who managed the show and 
whipped it into shape. 

Early in March the Division was concentrated in the fields 
north of Aucy-le-Franc for an inspection and review in honor 
of the Commander-in-Chief, General John J. Pershing. He per- 
sonally inspected Company F, asked several of the men ques- 
tions, and congratulated the company commander on the stal- 
wart and soldierly appearance of the company. His parting 
remark was "A very fine company." 

During the latter part of March the weather cleared up 
sufficiently to allow some real baseball practice and it was at 
this time that we found we had a real team that wouldn't 
take favors from any one. It was not until later, however, that 
they really came into their own. 

March 20th is a memorable day. At nine in the morning the 
entire regiment assembled on our drill field to witness the Ath- 
letic and Military Meet. Our representatives walked off with 
our full share of honors. At noon everything was called off for 

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a couple of hours to enable everyone to get his share of the eats. 
For two days previous trenches had been dug' and fires laid in 
preparation for what was to be the largest barbacue seen in that 
section of France, so when mess call sounded there was a general 
stampede in the direction of the chow line. After everyone had 
eaten all that he felt safe or possible as the case might he, 
the exhibition started again with boxing by some of our regi- 
mental talent against some French boxers brought from Paris. 
The bouts were good and we more than broke even with the 
Frenchmen. Next the regimental show put on a couple of acts 
and gave way to a group of Red Cross entertainers who wound 
up the affair for the day. 

While we had been enjoying the day there were about a 
dozen who had remained in town working like devils to prepare 
for the one big company party that we had wished and planned 
for so long. The long mess hall was decorated with pine and 
cedar branches until hardly a part of the bare walls or rafters 
remained exposed. It was a work of art. Sergeant Honse and 
his helpers had got together a most wonderful array of food. 
The regimental orchsetra furnished music. Sergeant Fried- 
berg introduced the speakers. As the guests left the hall the 
sky was illuminated by the rockets which Sergeant Crossland 
had procured from some hidden source. 

March .'51st we rolled our packs, said our good-byes and 
marched out of the town about seven in the evening, leaving 
many weeping Mademoiselles calling "Good-bye." Reaching 
Poincon about midnight, we entrained once more "A la Hom- 
mes-Chevaux" and prepared to take advantage of what comforts 
we could. Someone located a carload of straw and passed the 
tip along — soon the floors of the cars were well padded and 
everyone "sitting pretty." At about 5.00 a. m. the train pulled 
out and we had finally started on the first leg of our trip to the 
sea. After an eventful two days ride passing through Clam- 
ecy, Tours,. and Mayet, we finally reached Le Mans and detrain- 
ed. A march of twelve kilometers followed immediately. We 
were served hot chocolate, cakes and cigarettes by the Red Cross 
canteen. At about two o'clock in the afternoon we found our- 
selves billeted in the town of Teloche, Department of Sarthe. 

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Here it was that the baseball team got its necessary practice and 
blossomed out into a strong and crafty organization which ad- 
ministered a few good wallopings to some confident challengers. 
Teloche was a nice little town, wide open and in full swing a 
couple of hours after the arrival of the troops. 

There is a notion in the mind of the writer that a good many- 
persons connected with Company F may look back in a few 
months and kick themselves when they think of the six cpiarts of 
rum that were left in a certain keg that disappeared from a cer- 







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tain cafe one evening. The writer is not one of the grief stricken. 
He found it. 

On the night of April 9th a tentative movement order came 
through and was confirmed the following morning. By nine 
o'clock we were packed and gone, galloping along on "Shanks 
mare" headed for the Forwarding Camp at Le Mans. It might 
be well to mention that this area is the great "Clearing House" 
of the American Expeditionary Forces. On reaching the camp 
we were assigned to barracks in "F" Block, and soon after occu- 
pying them dinner was served. We found the camp quite crowd- 
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orders and each day organizations would entrain for port. One 
officer and about seventy-live men of the company were sent to 
Camp Etat on the 12th on detail and remained there for a period 
of seven days, after which they rejoined the company in the For- 
warding Camp. Camp Etat was one of the central stations of 




INSPECTION AT LE MANS 



American locomotives and equipment. The trainmen's head- 
quarters were located there. Passes to visit the city of Le Mans 
were very liberally handed out during our stay in the Forward- 
ing Camp. Damaged clothing and equipment were exchanged. 
The first week in the Forwarding Camp will be remembered 
especially for the amount and variety of detail work which we 
were called upon to do. This did not last very long, however, 
and we soon had most of the days to ourselves. It was during 

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this time that the baseball team reached the height of its glory. 
Constant practice together soon developed the team into as well 
balanced, smooth working" an organization as the regiment had 
produced. Abele, behind the bat, working, coaxing, advising and 
threatening, was the terror of everyone who managed to get 
as far as first base. Lanky "Buck" Troetschel on first, "Mugs" 
Conley on second. Sleeth at shortstop and Workman on third 
with either Stevens, Shields, I-Mke, Workman, lohnson or Freund 
in the box, completed the infield. In the outfield Albert P. 




ROLLING PACKS FOLLOWING INSPECTION 

Smith. Moore and John C". Smith spelled sure death to hopes of 
any batter whose ball went out of the infield. 

The Knights of Columbus and the V. M. C. A. were well 
equipped. Each night they staged one or more entertainments. 
Baseball occupied the leisure hours of the day and often a round 
of prize fights took place directly after supper. 

May 11th orders were received to go to Brest. Every one 
was in high spirits at the thought of being one step nearer home. 
The battalion formed early in the morning and after policing the 
area, awaited impatiently orders to entrain. 

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We were fortunate enough to draw an all American train, 
the first we had for any of our trips in France. It gave to all a 
great longing to he hack in the States. A kitchen car was at- 
tached to the train and at the appointed hour the train halted and 
hot meals were served. On all former train trips we had heen 
accustomed to opening the corned willie and munching on a loaf 
of bread or sharpening our teeth on hard tack. Our route lay via 
Laval, Rennes, St. Briem, Mortaix, Landermear, to Brest. After 
a day and a night of travel we sighted some water and shortly 
after we unloaded. 

The newspapers from the States were printing long stories 
about the horrible sufferings of the doughboy at Brest. For- 
tunately for us conditions there had been remedied long before 
our arrival and we found it the best organized camp in France. 
A hot meal was served as soon as we alighted from the train. 
The up hill march to Camp Pontenezen was very trying but the 
cleanliness and organization of the cam}) made up for its location. 

A section of the tent area was assigned to us. It was never 
necessary to leave the duck boards in going about the camp 
unless one so desired. Everything was clean and the chow was 
almost up to the standards set by our own Sergeant Honse. 
Blankets were furnished in plenty and we actually had cots to 
sleep on, the first we had seen of anything like a bed since leav- 
ing Camp Lee. 

New equipment was issued to all those in need and every 
effort made to send each man back to the States with serviceable 
equipment. The delouser worked overtime, its chief benefit 
being the giving of clean underwear. 

Details had to be furnished to the various branches of the 
camp for labor purposes. Despite this handicap the baseball 
team found time to win a game from the Marine team. Three 
different afternoons we were called out to parade for the formal 
presentation of medals to some member of the Division. Finally 
francs were changed into dollars and every one realized that 
home sweet home, the good old U. S. A. was not so far off. 

The afternoon of May 19th sailing orders were received. 
The next morning, May 20th, we marched by the back road to 
Brest where we boarded the Graf Waldersee, recently taken over 

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from the Germans. She was a good ship but not equipped to 
feed the number of troops aboard. There was much speculation 
as to how long the trip home would take. The navy cooks 
were totally unable to supply the men with anything like livable 
chow. Quite naturally everyone was in a disgruntled frame of 
mind. The Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. did much to relieve the 
situation. Those that had money made furious onslaughts on 
the canteen. The Company fund was also used. The Troop 
Commander finally took the control of the kitchens away from 
the navy and handed them over to Company F. Sergeant 
Honse immediately revolutionized the kitchen. Bread ovens 
were used to roast the meat. Eggs were found in the ship's 
larder and various other things were unearthed that made every 
one wish that Company F had been given charge of the kitchen 
earlier. The other Mess Sergeants assisted Sergeant Honse in 
all ways possible. Each night twenty men peeled potatoes all 
night. The kick about the chow ceased and smiles began to take 
the place of frowns. 

The morning of June second dawned bright and clear. 
Breakfast was served early. The pilot came aboard and we real- 
ized that we were soon to greet those for whom we fought. Quiet 
reigned aboard the ship as we slowly steamed up New York 
Harbor. We realized some of our number would never return 
and all that meant to their loved ones. 

The ship docked at Pier 1, Hoboken. A sober company 
answered to roll call on the dock and passed to the waiting Red 
Cross women for dinner. A tug conveyed us to the Pennsylvania 
Station at Jersey City and we were soon on our way to Camp 
Dix, Wrightstown, N. J. We were actually in an American 
passenger train with seats to sit on, the first we had since leaving 
America, for all troop trains in France are composed of freight 
and cattle cars. A short hike in the hot afternoon sunshine 
brought us to the camp's tented area. Cots were drawn and 
everyone made himself as comfortable as the high grass in 
and about the tents would allow. Rations were drawn and by 
dark Sergeant Honse had supper ready. Ice cream, the first 
many of us had seen since leaving the States, was procured from 
a nearbv canteen. 

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The next morning found us at the bath house getting new- 
clothes and cleaning up generally. A few of the men were for- 
tunate enough to have relatives in the nearby towns who came in 
to see them. The end was rapidly drawing nigh. Many hearts 
were sad at the thought of parting from friends found as true as 
steel when tested in the heat of battle but all realized that our 
work was finished and the quicker we resumed our places in the 
world the better off we would be. 

There was a persistent rumor that we would parade in Pitts- 
burgh. An order was issued that all those living in Pittsburgh 
and vicinity should parade there, the balance of the Company to 
leave Camp Dix for their respective home camps as follows : 

Camps Grant, Dodge, Lewis 1 Man each 

Camp Pike 3 Men 

Camp Dix 9 Men 

Camp Upton K Men 

Camp Devons 30 Men 

The balance of the Company entranied for Pittsburgh the 
afternoon of Sunday, June eighth, arriving there the next morn- 
ing. As our train neared the city whistles began to blow and 
people were everywhere. We were soon among our own. 

We were served breakfast by the Red Cross at the station. 
Many former comrades, returned home wounded were there to 
greet us and glad we w r ere to see them. On our march from the 
station we were greeted with flowers and often a mother or 
sister broke into the ranks to greet her loved one. 

The parade in the afternoon was led by General Cochue who 
had commanded the 319th Infantry up to Oct. 1st, 1918, and was 
reviewed by General Chrcnkhite and the city officials. The 
Company w r as proud of its war record and glad of an opportunity 
to show r Pittsburgh that it was as good at peace as at war. Late 
in the afternoon we entrained for Camp Sherman, the final leg 
of our journey. 

Upon arrival at Sherman, early in the morning of June 10th, 
the Company was immediately demobolized and within a few 
minutes Company F ceased to be a physical unit. The Com- 

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pany still exists in spirit and the fond friendships formed there 
will ever be a pleasure. 

A Trip to Germany 
As related by a member of the expedition 

On the night of October 4th, we went into the lines again. 
The memory of this night is stamped indelibly on the minds of 
at least sixty men of Company "F." The Battalion was attempt- 
ing to capture the Bois De Ogons and went into the woods on the 
right flank, expecting to meet "H" Company which attacked on 
the left flank and had orders to push through until they met us. 
We pushed in and soon found ourselves in the middle of the 
woods surrounded by the Boches, who put up a stiff fight on all 
sides. The company pushed on, however, until about midnight. 
Having failed to meet "H" Company, we realized that they 
must have been beaten back. We changed our direction and 
started to beat a path through the Germa*ns to our own lines. 

W T e were making our way through the woods in single file, 
on as black a night as ever has fallen, when the sudden bursting 
of a Boche stick grenade, in our midst, warned us that we were 
"Right among 'em." The explosion broke the column and while 
we were gathering together the wounded, the front half of the 
company was lost to view. As quickly as possible we pushed 
on hoping to gain contact with the remainder of the company, 
but failure resulted, we realized our situation. We were lost. 

Groups of six or eight men split off from the seventy odd 
and started in search of friendly troops. Only a few reached 
them. At daylight six of us hid ourselves in the bushes and soon 
discovered that we were far behind the German lines. Of the 
six of us, three had been wounded, but were still able to get 
about, so we lay there watching for something that would 
give us a clue to the position of our own lines. In the course of 
time we saw one of our planes come over for a few minutes and 
then return — this was repeated several times and we felt sure 
that our own troops must be in the direction from which the 
plane had come. 

Cautiously, we started crawling forward and soon came to 

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the edge of a cleared field. Looking around we found a group 
of Boches working on two tanks. The discovery was mutual, 
so we opened fire on them immediately. The Jerries evidently 
preferred the society of their own troops to ours and started 
running up the field. Then, with no opposition, we crossed the 
cleared space as quickly as possible and ran directly into a large 
detachment of the enemy. There was no use trying to fight or 
run. "The jig was up." They relieved us of our arms and start- 
ed us marching to a German hospital, where the wounded were 
dressed with paper bandages. 

We were then marched back about twenty kilometers to the 
town of Stenay and put with some French and Italian prisoners 
for the night. We slept on the floor that night and were awake at 
the first crack of dawn. The Frenchmen gave us a little coffee ; 
shortly after a few guards came for us and we marched 
over to another camp where we met a few more of our men, 
who had been even more unfortunate than we. They told us 
of their hardships and the cruel, harsh treatment they had 
received at the hands of the Germans. Among other things, 
they had been lined up to be shot and after they had kept up the 
terrible suspense as long as possible, the Germans apparently 
changed their minds. 

No one had a morsel of food and at nine o'clock we were 
given a piece of bread and a cup of burnt barley coffee. At five 
in the afternoon we received a bowl of beet soup. We remained 
at Stenay for three days and our diet was not changed or sup- 
plemented. 

On October 10th, we marched to Montmedy, a distance of 
about thirty-five kilometers, reaching that town about 7.00 o'clock 
in the evening, almost dead from exposure, hunger and fatigue. 
The march was made without food and our condition was fast 
becoming serious. 

On arrival we begged a little hardtack from some French 
prisoners before we were shoved down into a filthy dungeon, 
full of lice. There were no lights or bunks and we soon found 
by feeling around that the place was full to capacity. There 
was not room for all to lie down but some of us managed to find 
room enough to sit down for awhile, often giving our places to 

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those standing. Sleep was impossible in these crowded quarters 
with the foul air and cramped position which we were forced to 
assume. To add to our discomfort, there was an anti-aircraft 
gun mounted directly above our heads which seemed never to 
let up. 

Morning finally came and we were allowed to go out into 
the open for a little fresh air. It was a "God sent" relief after a 
night in that vile hole. Soon our airplanes started circling 
around over our heads and immediately we were all cheering. 
This appeared to be anything but pleasing to the old German 
Sergeant, our keeper, who came running out shouting "Raus" 
and scattered us, stopping our cheering. After our coffee and 
bread, we were divided into working parties and sent out to 
different farms to work, to a lumber camp or to a bakery. This 
detail work required a walk of about eight kilometers every 
morning and evening. For this work we were paid at the rate 
of one cent a day, but it was in canteen checks that were prac- 
tically impossible to spend. 

By this time, we were full of lice and were so bitten we all 
had great red sores on our bodies. The food also declined 
steadily in quantity as well as quality. Soon the sight of the 
dead horse wagon sickened us. Those of us who have watched 
Huns chop up horses with axes and throw the hunks of meat into 
the "Soup" pot and then have sat down and devoured all that 
we could get of it, understand fully that true hunger does not 
pick and choose its morsels. To find a horse's tooth in the 
soup was not at all uncommon and many were kept as souvenirs. 

One night a detail came back carrying logs and told us that 
they had seen two American aviators walking down the road 
under guard, who had called to them "Cheer up boys, it will 
soon be over." This was our first cheering news and on its heels 
followed all sorts of good rumors. All the time of our stay here 
the roaring of the big guns had seemed to be drawing nearer 
and nearer and at last it was plain to us all that the Germans 
were retreating slowlv but surely. Finallv, on the morning of 
October 25th, we were ordered to prepare to move. There were 
no preparations to make, however, except to draw a pound of 

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meat from the kitchen ; later, one loaf of bread was given to 
each five men. 

There were about four hundred Americans who were march- 
ed down to the railroad station and loaded aboard a train, after 
a wait of thirteen hours in the cold. By the time we boarded 
the train all our food was gone and it looked as though we were 
to stay hungry, but luck was with us. The train stopped often 
and almost every time we met Belgians who would give us a 
piece of bread for a button or a loaf for a coat or pair of breeches 
and give us their own corresponding article of clothing to boot. 
At about nine o'clock in the morning we stopped at a town in 
Luxemburg and were given a bowl of "soup." Half an hour 
later we were traveling again and soon our train was following 
the course of the Rhine, of which we had heard so much. Pass- 
ing through many German towns, we realized, for the first time, 
the damage the Allied aviators had done in this district. 

Rastatt, Germany, was our destination and about two 
o'clock Sunday afternoon, October — , we pulled into the station 
and the long ride was ended. We marched from the station to a 
camp called ukrainerlager where we met many other Ameri- 
cans. We must have presented a truly laughable spectacle for 
we were attired in all manner of costumes — wood shoes, Bel- 
gian coats, French breeches and "Jerry" hats. Hardly anyone 
had any underwear or socks, for when it came to a question of 
food or external bodily comfort, no one had hesitated. 

When we caught sight of a large group of Americans, fully 
clothed, sitting around smoking, we set up a shout which was 
heartily returned. First we were assigned to barracks and given 
two blankets and an American Red Cross package, containing 
"Hard-tack," "Corn willie," one O. D. shirt and a suit of under- 
wear. We were as happy as a pack of kids at Christmas and 
romped around as if we had not a care in the world. 

Right here, let us tender our thanks and express our appre- 
ciation for what the American Red Cross did for us in our time 
of great need. The food in this camp was still very scarce but 
of better quality, and as the Red Cross added all they could, we 
suffered less from hunger than previously. 

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of the anti-air craft guns was incessant until the night of Novem- 
ber 11th when everything was as still as a grave. 

On the morning of November 12th we went out of the bar- 
racks and found the Boche Sergeant, in charge of the camp, walk- 
ing around in "Cits" clothes. Our faces must have proclaimed 
our wonder for soon he told us that the war was over. Conrad 
Hoffman, American Y. M. C. A., came into camp about noon and 
confirmed the story. He brought with him an American flag 
which he waved amid the cheering of the prisoners. It was a 
great sight to see "old Glory" once more and then the realization 
of what it meant to us flashed across our minds. We would 
soon be free. 

Almost a month later — December flth — about eight o'clock 
in the evening, we boarded a Swiss Red Cross train with six 
British prisoners whom we had dressed in American uniforms 
and started for Geneva, Switzerland. At about eight in the 
morning following, we reached Basel or Bale, as it is called, and 
were given a great reception. American flags were everywhere. 
There was even more of a celebration in Berne and Geneva, at 
which latter place we transferred to an American Red Cross 
train and were soon in Vichy, France. 

Vichy, one of the most beautiful cities of France, was a great 
hospital center, and here we loafed around while our sick and 
wounded were being restored to health. 

January 11th we were ordered to rejoin our outfits and on 
the 16th we were in Arthonriay with the company shaking hands 
and telling how it happened. 

HEADQUARTERS EIGHTIETH DIVISION 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

France, 14 May 1919. 
Bulletin No. 113 

1. The following letter has been received from Lieutenant 
General Robert Lee Bullard, U. S. A., in command of 111 Corps, 
American E. F., during the Meuse Argonne Offensive: • — 

"Under the pressure of great events I. at that time com- 
manding the 111 Corps to which the Eightieth Division then be- 
longed, failed to cite the gallant conduct of the Division in mak- 
ing three successive assaults with great bravery and finally tak- 

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ing and driving the enemy from the Bois-des Ogons in the great 
battle of the Meuse-Argonne. I cite it now. It was truly admir- 
able. We see now more plainly in the light of the results that 
followed. 

I ask that this be communicated to your gallant Division." 

2. The following letter has been received from the Adju- 
tant General, G. H. Q., American E. F. 

"1. The Eightieth Division was the only Division which 
went into the line in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive three times. 

2. This fact is now a matter of record and is to be incorpor- 
ated in the final report of the Commander-in-Chief, American 
Expeditionary Forces to the Secretary of War, to be submitted 
in the near future." 

By command of Major General Cronkhite. 

W. H. Waldron, 
Colonel, General Staff. 

Chief of Staff. 

HEADQUARTERS EIGHTIETH DIVISION 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

France, nth November, 1918. 
General Order No. 19 

To THE MEMBERS OF THE 80TH DIVISION : 

The 80th Division only moves Forward. 

It not only moves forward against the Enemy, but it moves- 
forward in the estimation of all who are capable of judging its 
courage, its fighting and its manly qualities. 

In the operations for the period November 1st — 5th, the 
Division moved forward fifteen and five-eighths miles in an 
air line. 

It always led. 

It captured two Huns for every man wounded. 

It captured one machine gun for every man wounded. 

It captured one cannon for every ten men wounded, besides 
large quantities of munitions and stores. 

It accomplished these results, of vast importance to the suc- 
cess of the general operation, with a far smaller percentage of 
casualties than any other Division engaged. 

It has learned by hard training and experience. 

The appreciation of the Corps and Army Commanders is 
expressed in the following : 

Telegram from the Commanding General, First Army : 
"The Army Commander desires that you inform the Com- 
mander of the 80th Division of the Army Commander's appre- 

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ciation of his excellent work during the battle of today. He 
desires that you have this information sent to all organizations 
of that Division as far as may be practicable this night. He fully 
realizes the striking blow your Division has delivered to the 
enemy this date." 

Telegram from the Commanding General, First Army 
Corps : 

"The Corps Commander is particularly pleased with the 
persistent, intelligent work accomplished by your Division today. 
He is further desirous that his congratulations and appreciation 
reach General Llyod M. Brett, commanding your Brigade, which 
has born the brunt of the burden." 

Letter from the Commanding General, First Army Corps: 
"I. The Corps Commander desires that you be informed 
and that those under your command be informed that in addi- 
tion to other well deserved commendations received from the 
Army Commander and the Corps Commander, he wishes to ex- 
press his particular gratification and appreciation of the work 
of your Division from the time it has entered under his com- 
mand." 

It is necessarily a great honor to be allowed to command 
an organization which earns such commendation. 

It is likewise a great honor to belong to such an organi- 
zation. 

I do not know what the future has in store for us. 

If it be war, we must and shall sustain our honor and our 
reputation by giving our best to complete the salvation of our 
Country. 

If it be peace, we must and shall maintain our reputation 
and the honor of our Division and the Army, as soldiers of the 
greatest country on earth, and as right-minded, self-respecting 
men. 

The 80th Division only moves Forward. 

A. Croxkhite. 

HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS 
American E. F. 

iS March, 1919. 

General Orders, 
No. 12 

1. The 80th Division having been instructed to prepare for 
return to the United States, will pass from the command of 
this Armv Corps on 20th March. 1!)1!». 

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2. The 80th Division arrived in France about June 5th, 
1918. This Division trained with the British Troops and was on 
active duty with them on the Artois sector near Arras in July. 
The division was in reserve at the battle of St. Mihiel, except 
the 320th Infantry and 315th Machine Gun Battalion, which took 
part in the operations of the '2nd French Colonial Corps. From 
September 26th to 29th, inclusive, the Division attacked at 
Bethincourt with the 3rd Corps and advanced 9 kilometers in 
2 days. The Division was withdrawn from the line for 5 days 
and again attacked on October 4th. at Nantillois. In 9 days of 
heavy fighting through the Bois de Ogons an advance of 4 kilo- 
meters was made. The Division was withdrawn from the line 
Oct. 12th for re-equipment and replacements. The Division 
moved forward on Oct. 29th and 30th and re-entered the line of 
St. Georges — St. Juvin. 

3. The 80th Division passed under the orders of the 1st 
Corps on October 23rd in the Le Claon — Le Neufour area, west 
of the Argonne Forest. On November 1st the Division attacked 
as the right division of the 1st Corps and in (> days advanced 
a depth of 24 kilometers. The Division was relieved from the 
line on November 6th, with its patrols on the west bank of the 
Meuse. From the 18th of November to December 1st, the Di- 
vision marched 221 kilometers to the loth Training area at Ancy- 
le-Franc. The artillery of the Division was part of the time 
detached from the division and was in action at all times from 
September 26th to November 11th. The Division has remained 
in the 15th Training area until its present order to prepare for 
embarkation to the United States. 

4. The 80th Division was given difficult tasks on the front 
line and in accomplishing them made a splendid record. The 
Corps Commander desires particularly to express his apprecia- 
tion for the soldierly achievements of this division during the 
time it served with the 1st Army Corps. After returning to the 
Training Area where living conditions were not easy and often 
difficult, the spirit of the division has been excellent and has been 
manifest at all times. The Division leaves on the first part of its 
journey with the Corps Commander's congratulations for its ex- 
cellent record and his wishes for a speedy return to the United 
States and a successful future. 

By command of Major General Wright. 

W. M. Fassett, 
Chief of Staff. 



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GENERAL CRONKHITE 

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Roster of Company F, 319th Infantry 

Officers. 

Herr, Charles R., Captain, Flemington, N. J. 

Commissioned second lieutenant, April 28, 1917. Commissioned first 
lieutenant, Dec. 19, 1917. Commissioned Captain, February, 1919. 
Awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. Special 
Battalion Instructor in automatic arms from July 15th to September 
24. 1918. Acting Regimental Adjutant from October 16th, 1918, to 
February 16, 1919. Continuous service with company, except as 
noted above. Twice wounded. Head wound by shrapnel September 
28. Severely burned by mustard gas October 4. 

Cogswell, Theodore L., First Lieutenant, 1005 New Hampshire Ave., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Commissioned second lieutenant. Officers' Training Camp, Fort Myer, 
Va., Aug. 15. 1917. Commissioned first lieutenant September, 1918. 
Severely wounded by explosive. Machine gun bullet Nov. 1, 1918, 
in Hospital until May 15, 1919. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross 
and twice cited for bravery. Division Grenade instructor during 
rest periods. Continuous service with the company except as above 
noted. 

Clark, Van Dyke. First Lieutenant. 448 9th Ave.. Roanoke, Va. 

Cited for bravery. Commissioned at Officers' Training Camp, Camp 
Lee, Va., May, 1918. Commissioned first lieutenant Nov., 1918. 
Enlisted and commission service with Company G. 319 Infantry until 
after the Armistice, returned to the United States, with F Company, 
acting Regimental Adjutant at demobilization. 

Hodson, George, First Lieutenant, 26 Cortland St. 

Commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 15, 1917, Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Meyer, Va. Commissioned first lieutenant Feb., 1919. 
Special Instructor American Expeditionary Force School, September 
to November, 1918. In command of the Company during the march 
in November. Continuous service with company except as above 
noted. 

Price, Harry, Second Lieutenant, Ramsay, N. J. 

Formerly member of the old Seventh Regiment of New York. Com- 
missioned second lieutenant in France September, 1918. Continuous 
duty with company from date of commission. 

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Enlisted Men. 

*Abbatangelo, Rocco, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8. 1919. 18 Duquesne Avenue. Duquesne, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Adams, Joseph C, Private, to hospital sick from St. Broin, August 26th, 
1918; returned to duty December 21, 1918; member of Sniping Sec- 
tion. Hites, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County). 

*Adams, Robert E., Private, first class; taken prisoner October 4, 1918; re- 
turned January 8. 1919. First and Mills Streets. West Elizabeth, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Alter, William P., Sergeant, continuous service with company; Walter 
Lane, Springdale. Pennsylvania. 

♦Anderson, Ernest S., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1 9 1 8 ; returned 

January 15. Rossiter, Pennsylvania. 
Anderson, John R., Private, severe G. S. W. in right shoulder November 1, 
1918; not returned to company. Brownsville. Pennsylvania. 

♦Aponasevicz, Alex., Private, first class, continuous service with company. 
908 Tallowfield, Charleroi, Pennsylvania. 
Baher, John E., Supply Sergeant, severe G. S. W. in head November 1, 1918; 
not returned to company ; acting First Sergeant at time wounded ; 
May, 1920, still in hospital in Philadelphia. Castle Shannon, Penn- 
sylvania (Allegheny County). 

*Baldacci, Giuseppi, Private, accidentally shot in foot with machine gun 
about June 20, 1918: returned to duty August 16, 1918. Parsons, West 
Virginia. 

*Bandi, Elmer J., Mechanic, wounded by German hand grenade October 4, 
1918; returned to duty December 24, 1918. R. F. D. No. 2, Fawn Town- 
ship, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 

*Barry, William A., Private, accidentally wounded with bayonet September 
28, 1918; returned to duty November 16, 1918. 1003 West Street, 
Homestead, Pennsylvania. 

*Bartlett, Ova F., Private, first class, continuous duty with company. After 
Armistice was English instructor. R. F. D. 1, Belington, West Vir- 
ginia. 

*Batten, Clyde, Private, first class, continuous duty with company, except 
short time as blacksmith with Supply Company. Spencer, West Vir- 
ginia. 
Beerman, John W.. Private, died at Base Hospital, Camp Lee, Virginia, 
of pneumonia, January 23, 1918. Garrick, Pennsylvania. 

*Benson, Ralph, Private, taken prisoner October 4. 1918; returned to company 
January 19, 1919. Sick in hospital in Germany for short time. Grate- 
ville, Pennsylvania. 

*Berent, Joseph B., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8. 1919. 38 Wood Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 



COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

*Berkes, Thomas A., wounded in right thigh by machine gun fire November 
1, 1918; also slightly gassed; returned to company December 28, 1918; 
(was recommended for Distinguished Service Cross). James Street, 
Springdale. Pennsylvania. 

*Besch. Frank P., Private, served with Three Hundred and Nineteenth Supply 
Company from July, 1918. to April, 1919. 1402 West York Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

*Black, Milton M., Private, wounded by shell fire September 28, 1918; re- 
turned to company January 19, 1919. 445 East Seventh Avenue, Taren- 
tum, Pennsylvania. 

*Boalo, Peter W., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to com- 
pany January 8, 1919; was slightly wounded by shrapnel before being 
captured. 115 Woodlawn Avenue, Carrick, Pennsylvania. 

*Bofinger, Herman, Private, first class, continuous service with company. 
Delancey, Pennsylvania. 

*Bogulski. John, Private, first class, wounded by machine gun fire October 
5, 1918; returned to company November 11, 1918. 336 Fourth Ave- 
nue, Homestead, Pennsylvania. 
Bontemps, Joseph, Private, transferred to 319th Regimental Headquarters 
after arrival in France as interpreter. 218 Crest Avenue, Charleroi, 
Pennsylvania. 

*Bowers, Milton PL, Private, first class, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; 
returned to company January 8, 1919. Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania 
(Fayette County). 

*Brennan, Thomas V., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 
1950 Harlon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Bretschneider, John M., Corporal, killed in action October 4, 1918. Bruce- 
ton, Pennsylvania. 

*Brewer, Jacob A., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. 33 North Fourth Street, Duquesne, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Bricker, Lloyd M., Private, wounded Octobre 7, 1918; returned to company 
December 28, 1918. 1258 Kenneth Avenue, New Kensington, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Brim, Stephen, Corporal, wounded by gas October 4, 1918; returned to 
company in January, 1919; served short time with Thirty-sixth Di- 
vision before being returned. Freeport Street, Creighton. Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Bucci, Patrick, Private, first class, wounded by machine gun fire in lower 
left leg November 1, 1918; returned to company December 16, 1918. 
Coal Road, Brownsville, Pennsylvania. 

*Burns, Edward L., Private, first class, continuous service in France; run- 
ner from company headquarters. 7 East Avenue, Middletown, New 
York. 
Burton, Ernest, Private, killed in action by machine gun fire October 4, 
1918. Mother, Mrs. Harriet Burton, 37 Arthur Street, Mansfield, Not- 
tinghamshire, England. 

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*Byers, Edward D., Corporal, severe G. S. W. October 4, 1918; returned to 
company December 19, 1918. 413 Murray Street, Donora, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Camoine, Pasquale, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 19, 1919. 531 Third Street, Donora, Pennsylvania. 
Capuano, Giuseppe, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 19, 1919; transferred January 31, 1919, to Three 
Hundred and Fifteenth Field Artillery. Duquesne, Pennsylvania. 
Carchio, Francesco, Private, missing in action October 4, 1918, and unac- 
counted for to date. 

*Carlson, Charles J., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 28, 1919. Fayette City, Pennsylvania. 

*Carr, James F., Private, served with Three Hundred and Nineteenth Supply 
Company from July, 1918, to April, 1919. R. F. D. 1, Carrsville, Virginia. 

*Carroll, Charles L., Bugler, continuous service in France. Post office Box 
49, Epton, Pa. 

*Caterisano, Leonard, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 
27 N. Duquesne Avenue, Duquesne, Pennsylvania. 
Ceccki, Antonio, Private, severe G. S. W. Nov. 1, 1918. Died of Wounds 
November 2, 1918. 

*Celmo, James, Private, first class, severe G. S. W. November 1, 1918; re- 
turned to company December 28, 1918. 1025 Washington avenue, 
Tyrone, Pennsylvania. 

*Cerra, Pasquale, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned to com- 
pany January 19, 1919. 112 E. Duquesne Street, Duquesne, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Challe, Nelson E., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. 206 Derrick Avenue, Uniontown, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Clibourne, George W., Corporal, continuous service in France. Company 
Clerk from June, 1918, to June, 1919. 1700 Hamlin Avenue, Norfolk, Va. 

*Conley, Thomas A., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 20, 1919. 32 N. Third Street. Duquesne, Pennsylvania. 

*Cowan, William H., Corporal, continuous service in France. 319 West 
Twentieth Street, Norfolk, Va. 

*Craig, Greenberry C, Corporal, continuous service in France ; member of 
Sniper Section. Post office Box 923, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 

*Crilley, Edward, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to com- 
pany January 1, 1919. Frostburg, Pennsylvania. 

*Croasmun, Nathan, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. Valier, Pennsylvania. 

*Crossland, Albert D., Supply Sergeant, continuous service in France ; com- 
pany Clerk from November, 1917, to June, 1918. ; succeeded John E. 
Baher (wounded) as Supply Sergeant. 223 East Main Street, Union- 
town, Pennsylvania. 

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Cummins, Peter W., Private, killed in action by machine gun fire October 

4, 1918. Mother, Mrs. Jane Cummins, 127 Perry Street, Punxsutawney, 

Pennsylvania. 
*DalSorda, Guiseppi, Private, continuous service in France. 311 Twelfth 

Street, Donora, Pennsylvania. 
DeLeonibus, Guiseppe, Private, killed in action October 6, 1918, by machine 

gun fire. Cousin, Frank DeLeonibus, Box 72, Republic, Pennsylvania. 
*Davies, William A., Private, transfered from company June, 1918; returned 

in March, 1919. 406 Ridge Avenue, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 
*Demkowski, Joseph, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned to 

company January 8, 1919. 22 Pine Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 
*Dilts, Arthur G., Private, first class, continuous service in France; served 

with Supply Company after Armistice. Valier, Pennsylvania. 
Dilullo, Domenico, Private, served with Supply Company from July, 1918, 

until March 11, 1919, when he took sick and was sent to Service of 

Supply Hospital ; not returned to company. Republic, Pennsylvania. 
*DiSabitino, Serifina. Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned to 

company January 19, 1919; took sick while en route home on ship and 

transfered to hospital ; not returned to company. East Millsboro, Penn- 
sylvania. 
*Donegan, James, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 251 1 

Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Dornack, John, Private, severe G. S. W. October 6, 1918 ; not returned to 

company. R. F. D. No. 1, Dunbar, Pennsylvania. 
*Dunn, Thomas C, Private, wounded by gas October 6, 1918; returned to 

company January 28, 1919. Care Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 

Rainey Yard Office, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 
*Dunning, Roscoe Mc.D., Corporal, continuous service in France. R. F. D. 

1, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. 
Engle, Clyde, Private, transferred to hospital October 29, 1918, for dental 

treatment ; not returned to company. 
Ewing, Edward J., Private, first class, died at Base Hospital, Camp Lee, 

Virginia, of pneumonia, March 12, 1918. Garrick, Pennsylvania. 
*Federmeyer, William J., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 

70 Coal Street, Wheeling, West Virginia. 
*Feighner, Oscar C, Corporal, continuous service in France. Carreltown, 

Pennsylvania. 
Fenn, Thomas C, Private, G. S. W. November 2, 1918 ; not returned to 

company. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
*Fike, Russell C, Private, transferred to hospital with influenza October 4, 

1918; returned to company November 15, 1918. 7^/2 Morgantown 

Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 
*Fleeger, Elmer R., Private, first class, continuous service in France. R. F. D. 

1, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. 
Fleming, George W., Private, transferred to Military Postal Express Service 

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and assigned to duty at Eightieth Division Post Office July, 1918. 
Lynchburg. Virginia. 
Fleming, Raymond, Private, wounded September 28, 1918; not returned to 
company. Lovejoy, Pennsylvania. 
*Fowkes, Robert V.. Private, first class, injured slightly September 29, 1919; 
returned to company November 20, 1918. 155 Grant Street, Verona, 
Pennsylvania. 
Fox, Frank, Private, killed in action by shell fire, September 26, 1918. 
Defiance, Pennsylvania (Bedford County). 
*Francisco, Secondo, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 19, 1919 ; Co. French interpreter. R. F. D. 1, 
Yanderbilt, Pennsylvania, 
*Freedline, Daniel M. C, Private, first class, continuous service in France ; 
company barber during our rest periods. 228 Clymer Avenue, Indiana, 
Pennsylvania. 
*Frescura, Luigi, Private, continuous service in France. Renton, Allegheny 

County, Pennsylvania. 
*Freund, Sylvester A., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned to 
company January 20, 1919. 213 Onyx Avenue, Mount Oliver, Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania. 
Friedberg, Charles I., Sergeant, continuous service in France. 103 South 
Beeson Avenue, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 
*Friedlander, Alexander, Cook, continuous service in France. 243 Third 

Avenue, Homestead, Pennsylvania. 
*Friend, Joseph S., Private, first class, slightly gassed November 1, 1918; 

returned to company December, 1918. Ivydale, West Virginia. 
*Froetkoski, Frank, Private, continuous service in France. Grant Street, 
Heidelberg, Pennsylvania. 
Frye, Cyrus E.. Private, G. S. W. November 1, 1918; not returned to 
company. 
*Fujarski, Jamse W., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 3923 
Alfred Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Gallagher, George C, Private, Transferred to Eightieth Division, Head- 
quarters Troop, October 1, 1918. 
*Garvis, Mike W., Private, first class, continuous service in France. Runner 

from Battalion Headquarters. Vintondale. Pennsylvania. 
*Giese, Frederick W., Private, continuous service in France until after 
Armistice when he spent some time in hospital with spinal meningitis. 
2939 North Judson Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
*Giorgio, Orazio, Private, wounded October 5, 1918; returned October 29, 
1918. State Street, Wilson, Pennsylvania. 
Glazer, Fred W., Sergeant, Transferred from company after arrival in 
France and commissioned Second Lieutenant ; assigned to Com- 
pany H, Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry ; later wounded by 
machine gun fire in both lower limbs ; returned from hospital in 
December, 1918, and assigned to Company "D." 1528 Alabama Avenue, 
Dormont, Pennsylvania. 

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*Glowicki, Frank. Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to com- 
pany January 8. 1919. 2516 Josephine Street. Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 
vania. 
*Gould, Harvey R., Mechanic, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. R. F. D. ~2, Petrolia, Butler County, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Graboski, Michael, Private, first class, wounded by gas November 1, 1918; 
returned to company January 28, 1919. 75 Sycamore Street, Natrona, 
Pennsylvania. 

Green, Morris B., Private, transferred to Military Postal Express Service 
and assigned to duty at Eightieth Division Post Office July, 1919. 
East Liberty, Pennsylvania. 

*Haller. Christ A., Mechanic, continuous service in France. 15 Linden Street, 
Natrona, Pennsylvania. 

Hamrick, Bernard, Private, killed in action by shell tire September 26, 1918. 
(New Geneva, Pennsylvania). 

Hanus, Frank J., Private, G. S. W. November 1, 1918; not returned to com- 
pany. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 

Happe, Irvin W., Private, transferred to Hospital Sick October 30, 1918; 
not returned to company. Millvale, Pennsylvania. 

*Hardic, Mike. Private, first class, continuous service in France. R. F. D. 4, 
Punxsutawney. Pennsyvlania. 
Harrison, Samuel M., Private, wounded in action October 4, 1918; not re- 
turned to company; died in hospital. (Sister) Airs. Rudolph Blumfield, 
219 North Willow Street. Trenton, New Jersey. 
Haupt, Maurice J.. Sergeant, slightly wounded by shell fire September 29, 
[918; returned to company January 5, 1919; was with Twenty-seventh 
Division about two months. 527 Dixson Street. Homestead, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Higham, Frank J.. Private, continuous service in France. 612 North Evans 
Avenue, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 

*Henn, William E., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8. 1919. 138 Koehler Street. Mt. Oliver, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania. 

*Hildebrand, Charles. Private, continuous service in France. Option, Alle- 
ghany County. Pennsylvania. 
Hill, Charles F., Private, severe G. S. W. October 6, 1918 ; not returned to 
company. 

*Holden, Edward W., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 19. 1919. 1608 Locust Street, McKeesport, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Honse, Jesse A.. Mess Sergeant, continuous service in France. 132 West 
Fourth Avenue, Homestead, Pennsylvania. 

*Jamison, John R., Private, continuous service in France. 98 Oakwood 
Avenue, Westview, Pennsylvania. 

*Jasinski, Jan, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to company 
January 8. 1919. 15 Spruce Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 

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*Juliano, Angelo, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to com- 
pany January 8, 1919. 1319 Fifth Avenue, McKeesport. Pennsylvania. 
Kapteina, Edward F., Sergeant, wounded by gas and rifle fire November 1, 
1918; not returned to company. Springdale, Pennsylvania. 

*Keefer, Charles E., Sergeant, continuous service in France, except for short 
time sick in hospital. 3015 Grayson Avenue, Mt. Oliver, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Kelly, Chester W., Sergeant, continuous service in France, ion McClary 
Street. McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 

*Klaas. Harry, Private, first class, on special duty at Brigade Ration Dump 
most of time in France. Millvale, Pennsylvania. 

*Kuhnert, Louis V., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 88 
Vine Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 
Kurzawa, Antoni, Corporal, gassed November 1, 1918; not returned to 

company. Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 
Langone, Lewis, Private, to hospital sick October 4, 1918; not returned to 
company. McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 

*Lasday, Louis, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 559 Ninth 
Avenue, Munhall, Pennsylvania. 
Lawson, Thomas E., Corporal, severely wounded October 6, 1918; not re- 
turned to company; discharged February 25, 1920, from hospital. 
(Uniontown, Pennsylvania) ; emergency address — 212 Thomas Street, 
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. 
Leininger, Charles A., Private, wounded September 29, 1918; not returned 

to company. 137 Laughlin Avenue, Carrick, Pennsylvania. 
Lembo, Andrew, Private, first class, severe G. S. W. November 1, 1918; not 
returned to company. 396 Fernwood Avenue, Rochester, New York. 

*Litman, Walter W., Corporal, gassed November 1, 1918; returned from 
hospital December 24, 1918. 24 Jefferson Street, Uniontown, Penn- 
sylvania. 
Little, Thomas, Private, accidentally wounded in eye with bayonet Septem- 
ber 2, 1918.; not returned to company. Carrick, Pennsylvania. 
Maley, James P., Private, wounded October 5, 1918; not returned to com- 
pany. Fiftieth Street, R. F. D., Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. 

*May, Miner C, Private, continuous service in France with Three Hundred 
and Nineteenth Supply Company. 626 Tenth Street, Huntington, 
West Virginia. 

*McCallisier, John J., Corporal, continuous service in France. 911 West 
Ninth Street, Chester, Pennsylvania. 

*McClintock, Herbert C, Private, continuous service in France with Three 
Hundred and Nineteenth Supply Company. Confluence. Pennsylvania. 
McCluan, Howard S., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned Jan- 
uary 20, 1919; to hospital sick March 20. 1919; not returned to com- 
pany. 1338 Grotto Street, East Liberty, Pennsylvania. 

*McGraw, John F., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 332 
Sixth Street, McKeesport. Pennsylvania. 



COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

♦McGroder, Edward L., Cook, continuous service in France. 2 Luther Street, 

Mount Oliver, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
♦McLaughlin, Frank P., Private, G. S. W. November I, 1918; returned to 
company December 24, 1918. 1207 Margaret Street, Homestead, 
Pennsylvania. 
McLaughlin, John L., Private, severely wounded October 4, 1918 ; not re- 
turned to company. 1207 Margaret Street, Homestead, Pennsylvania. 
♦McPhee, Wallace, Private, first class, on special duty at school near Paris 
from August, 1918, to December 1918. Russelltown, Pennsylvania. 
Medwith, Andy, Private, first class, severely wounded by shrapnel Novem- 
ber 1, 1918; died later in hospital. Brother — Uniontown, Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Meidel, Engelbert, Private, injured on English front in July, 1918; not 

returned to company. 
Mignoni, Michael, Private, G. S. W. November 2, 1918; not returned to 

company. 102 Fulton Street, Chester, Pennsylvania. 
Miller, Ernest F., Corporal, wounded by shell fire September 28. 1918; not 
returned to company; (sniper). 302 West Sixth Street, Tarentum, 
Pennsylvania. 
Miller, Paul G., Private, G. S. W. October 5, 1918; returned November 11, 
1918; transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth F. A. January 31, 
1919. R. F. D. 1, Perrysville, Pennsylvania. 
Mills, Jacob P., Jr., Mechanic, severely wounded by shell fire September 
28, 1918; not returned to company. (Uniontown, Pennsylvania); 
emergency address — 105 Lincoln Avenue, Charleroi, Pennsylvania. 
*Miner, Noah, Private, continuous service in France. Bradford, Pennsyl- 
vania. Re-enlisted at Camp Dix. 
♦Mintmier, Frederick, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 

R. F. D. 2, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 
♦Misicuk, Simon, Private, first class, G. S. W. October 6, 1918; returned 
December 19, 1919. 26 Center Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. Re- 
enlisted at Camp Dix. 
*Mlechick, Paul, Private, first class, continuous service in France. R. F. D. 

3, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 
*Moore, Michael B., Corporal, slightly gassed November 1, 1918; returned 
November 5, 1918. 241 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, 
Pennsylvania. 
*Mohr, Edwin, Sergeant, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned January 
8, 1919; member of Regular Army. 3922 North Crawford Avenue, 
Chicago, Illinois. 
Monroe, LaFalle C, Private, transferred from company soon after arriv- 
ing in France. 
Morgan, Thomas H., Sergeant, severe G. S. W. October 4, 1918; (layed in 
shell hole for three days before being found, behind German lines) ; 
not returned to company. Carrick, Pennsylvania. 
♦Murray, Edward S., Private. G. S. W. November 1, 1918; returned De- 

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cember 24, 1 9 1 8. 108 East Winghocking Street, Philadelphia, Penn- 
sylvania. 

* Myers, William E.. Private, first class, continuous service in France with 
Three Hundred and Nineteenth Supply Company. Box 53. Cheswick, 
Pennsylvania. 

*Mylura, Antonio, Private, continuous service in France. Yalier. Pennsyl- 
vania. 

*Napierkawski, Boleslaw, Sergeant, wounded by shell tire in right shoulder 
September 26, 1918; returned to company November 15, 1918. Box 
139. Braeburn, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 

♦Nardinocchi, Guido, Private, first class, wounded by machine gun fire in left 
forefinger November 1, 1918; returned to company December. 1918. 
House 95, Mine 6. Bruceton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 
Neilson, John. Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; not returned to com- 
pany. Anita, Pennsylvania. 
Newman, Clayton M., Private, severely wounded October 6, 1918; not re- 
turned to company. 217 West Seventh Street, Huntington, West 
Virginia. 

*Xiccolai, Duilio, Private, first class, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned 
January 19. 1919. 105 Church Street, Willock, Allegheny County, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Nidofif. Max L... Cook, continuous service in France. 510 Fourth Avenue. 
Homestead, Pennsylvania. 

*Nitowski. Antoni, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned January 
8, 1919. 17 Federal Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 
Novik, Adam, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918: not returned to com- 
pany. Box 224, Gerome, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 

*Obniski, Edward. Private, continuous service in France. 61 Linden Street, 
Natrona, Pennsylvania. 

*0'Keefe, Francis, Corporal, continuous service in France. Punxsutawney. 
Pennsylvania. 

*01inzock, Frank J., Private, taken prisoner October 4. 1918; returned January 
8. 1919. Stanger. Pennsylvania. 

*Omohundro, Carlyle A., Corporal, continuous service in France ; Assistant 
Supply Sergeant after October 4, 1918. Reedville, Virginia. 
Orlando. Frank. Private, wounded September 28, 1918; not returned to 
company. 159 Carver Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

*Paull, Frank W.. Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned January 
8, 1919. R. F. D. No. 2, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 

*Petrykowski. John. Private, with Three Hundred and Nineteenth Supply 
Company until October 20, 1918, when assigned to F Company. 43 
Spruce Street. Natrona, Pennsylvania. 
Peters, Edward L.. Sergeant, wounded by machine gun fire November 1, 
1918 ; not returned to company. Carnegie, Pennsylvania. 

*Pen found, Henry F., Private, continuous service from assignment. 2064 
Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Re-enlisted at Camp Dix. 

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Phillips. Harry A., Private, severely wounded by machine gun fire November 

2, 1918 (said to have died). 
Pine. Justis, Private, severely wounded by shell fire October 6, 1918; died of 
wounds October 7, 1918; (said to have been hit by same shell as New- 
man). Mother, Mrs. Mary F. Pine. 2831 Eighth Avenue, Huntington, 
West Virginia. 
Pitsulis, Leferius, Corporal, severely wounded October 6. 1918; not returned 
to company. 617 Amity Street, Homestead, Pennsylvania. 
*Plunkard, Herbert L., Private, wounded by machine gun fire November 1, 
1918; returned December 19, 1918. 114 McClain Avenue, Butler, Penn- 
sylvania. 
*Porter. Roger S., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned to com- 
pany January 8, 1919. Broughton, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. 
*Prendergast, John J., Corporal, continuous service in France. 814 Upland 
Avenue, Chester, Pennsylvania. 
Przudryga, Frank, Private, wounded October 4. 1918; died November 1, 
1918. of pneumonia. 
*Quering, August J., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. 627 Indiana Avenue. Glassport, Pennsylvania. 
*Ravito. Sebastiano, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 2 

Diamond Square, Twelfth Street. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Reichard, Earl A., Corporal, to Army Candidates School October 16, 1918 ; 

not returned to company. Mount Oliver. Pennsylvania. 
*Reiter, George P.. Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. 240 Williams Street, Fairhaven, Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Rizzo, Joe, Private, severely wounded October 4. 1918 ; not returned to com- 
pany. Box 31. Timblin, Pennsylvania. 
*Rocchi, Eurigo, Corporal, continuous service in France. Deegans, West 
Virginia. 
Rodgers, Thomas J.. Corporal, continuous service in France until sent to 
hospital sick while on furlough at Aix Les Bains in December, 1918; 
not returned to company. 132 Grant Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 
Rupert. Edson, Private, (Sniper) w T ounded November 1, 1918; returned 
November 21, 1918; transferred to Headquarters, Company Three 
Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, January 8, 1919. 
*Saida, Stanley, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned January 
8, 1919. Seventh Street. Glassport, Pennsylvania. 
Saire, Nick, Private, reported taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; not returned 

to company. Glassport, Pennsylvania. 
Salvadore, Adam J.. Private, missing in action October 4, 1918, and un- 
accounted for to date. Glassport, Pennsylvania. 
*Sams, Corbly P., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to com- 
pany January 8, 1919. 545 Riggold Street, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 
Re-enlisted at Camp Dix. 
*Samuels, Clarence P., Private, to hospital sick August 30, 1918; returned 

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to company March 14, 1919. 420 Reynolds Street, New Castle, Penn- 
sylvania. 
*Sanford, Henry, Private, first class, continuous service in France. Sewell 
Valley, West Virginia. 

Saraceno, Antonio, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919 ; transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
F. A. January 31, 1919. 
*Scimonello, Calagero, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned 
to company January 19, 1919. m Edgewood Street, Moodlawn, 
Pennsylvania. 
*Schatzinger, Edward J., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 

41 Beaver Avenue, Colona, Pennsylvania. 
*Schneider, Raymond J., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned 
to company January 8, 1919. 120 Koehler Street, Mount Oliver, Penn- 
sylvania. 
*Scholl, Harry A., Sergeant, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned to 
company January 8, 1919. 13 Kuntz Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 

Schweitzer, August J., Corporal, severely wounded by machine gun fire 
November I, 1918; not returned to company. Chestnut Street, Na- 
trona, Pennsylvania. 

Semi, Frank, Private, wounded October 7, 1918, by shell fire ; not returned 
to company. Box 3, Kopple, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. 

Schaffer, Thomas E., Sergeant, to Army Candidates School, October 4, 
1918; not returned to company. (Commissioned Second Lieutenant 
and returned to United States with Company D, Three Hundred and 
Nineteenth Infantry). Homestead, Pennsylvania. 

Shaffer, Roy K., Private, severely wounded by shell fire September 29, 
1918; not returned to company. Princeton, Pennsylvania. 
*Shields, Lawrence F., Private, first class, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; 
returned to company January 19, 1919 no Butler Street, Etna, Penn- 
sylvania. 

Silva, Jesse (Mexican), Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Nine- 
teenth Supply Company as saddler, September, 1918. Uniontown, 
Pennsylvania. 
*Simmers, Harry H., Private, continuous service in France — part time with 
Supply Company. Frostburg, Pennsylvania. 

Simmons, Earl, Corporal, wounded October 6, 1918; not returned to com- 
pany. R. F. D. No. 4, Liberty, Mississippi. 

Simmons, Frank N., Private, transferred June 13, 1918, to Headquarters 
Troop, First Corps. Hanover Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. 

Slater, Bert A., Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned January 
19, 1918. 506 Washington Street, Gary, Indiana. 
*Sleeth, Robert S., Sergeant, wounded by shell fire September 29, 1918; re- 
turned to company December 14, 1918 ; on detached service at American 
Expeditionary Force University March 6. 1919, to about May 1, 1919. 
Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 

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♦Smith, Albert P.. First Sergeant, to Army Candidates School October 4, 
1918; returned to company December 14, 1918. 324 First Avenue, 
Homestead, Pennsylvania. 

*Smith, John U., Corporal, (Sniper) continuous service in France. 5 Spruce 
Street, Natrona, Pennsylvania. 

*Smith, Webster W., Private, first class, continuous service in France. Grange, 
Pennsylvania. 

*Sofranko, John. Private, first class, continuous service in France with 
Three Hundred and Nineteenth Supply Company. Box 16, Uniontown, 
Pennsylvania. 
Soose, John E., Corporal, sick in hospital from July 5, 1918, until some time 
in August, 1918; severely wounded October 4, 1918; not returned to 
company. Millvale. Pennsylvania. 

*Space, Allen D., Private, wounded September 28, 1918; returned to com- 
pany December 22, 1918. Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania. 

*Spinoso, Joseph, Private, wounded October 5, 1918; returned to company 
November 23, 1918. in Meadow Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

*Steiner, Conrad W.. Cook, continuous service in France. 2501 Commerce 
Street, Fair Haven, Pennsylvania. 

*Steinhagen. Albert F., Corporal, wounded by machine gun fire October 5, 
1918; returned to company December 21, 1918. 11 Walnut Street, 
Natrona, Pennsylvania. 

*Stepanuck, Hawrail, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned Janu- 
ary 8, 1919 ; re-enlisted at Camp Dix. 237 Central Avenue, Youngs- 
town, Ohio. 

*Stepp, Roy W., Corporal, sick in hospital November 9, 1918, until December 
28, 1918; on Detached Service at American Expeditionary Force Uni- 
versity March 6, 1919. to about May 1, 1919. 616 Second Avenue, 
Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 
Stevenson, Jens L., Corporal, killed in action October 6, 1918, when he 
exposed himself to the German machine gun fire in order to bandage 
the shattered arm of a comrade. ( Posthumous award of Distinguished 
Service Cross). W r hen called into the military service he was preach- 
ing the Gospel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as an Elder of the Mormon 
Church. Mother, Mrs. Elsie M. Stevenson, Raymond, Alberta, Canada. 

*Stoffel, John J., Corporal, Continuous service in France. 117 West Ninth 
Street, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 

*Stone, Henry C. Corporal, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned January 
8, 1919. 631 Margaret Street, Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. 

*Stone, Glenn E., Private, first class, wounded by shell fire September 28, 
1918; returned November 14, 1918. 816 Penn Avenue, Warren, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Stout, Elmer E., Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned January 
19, 1919. Vanport, Pennsylvania. 

*Streb, Arthur F., Private, first class, wounded October 4, 1918; returned to 
company November 15, 1918. R. F. D. 4, North End Avenue, Mill- 
vale, Pennsylvania. 

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*Stumpf, Charles F., Private, first class, continuous service in France. 426 
Spencer Avenue, Carrick, Pennsylvania. 

*Susanek, John, Corporal, wounded September 29, 1918 ; returned to com- 
pany December 27, 1918. Lamont Furnace, Fayette County, Penn- 
sylvania. 
Sutton, Clarence J., Corporal, to hospital August 10, 1918; not returned to 

company. Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 
Talbert, Raleigh M., Private, missing in action October 4, 1918; later 
reported wounded by rifle fire; not returned to company. 

*Trapasso, Francisco, Private, taken prisoner October 4. 1918; returned 
to company January 8. 1919. Midland, Pennsylvania. 

*Troetschel, William P., Sergeant, wounded by machine gun fire October 6, 
1918; returned to company December 19, 1918. 156 Middle Valley. 
Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. 
Twigger, William H., Sergeant, wounded October 6, 1918 ; not returned to 

company. 2615 Fairview Avenue, Fairhaven, Pennsylvania 
Ulanofsky, Morris, Private, first class, transferred to Divisional Replace- 
ment Company. 

*Valenza, Libo, Private, continuous service in France. Box 116, Clearfield. 
Pennsylvania. 

*Vallely, James, Private, continuous service in France with Three Hundred 
and Nineteenth Supply Company. 539 North Liberty Street, New 
Castle, Pennsylvania. 

*Vinskowski, Stanley E.. Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned 
to company January 19, 1919. Delancey, Pennsylvania. 

*Viss, Constant V., Private, to Army Candidates School October 16, 1918; 
returned December 14, 1918. 109 Lindwood Avenue, Carrick, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Voll, Joseph W., Sergeant, continuous service in France ; member Regular 
Army; First Sergeant until November, 1918; re-enlisted at Camp 
Dix. 181 Master Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

*Webber, George A., Sergeant, continuous service in France. 218 West 
Eighth Avenue, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. 

*Weis, Charles B., private, first class, wounded November 1, 1918; returned 
to company in December, 1919. Anita, Pennsylvania. 

*Whitby, Edward I., Corporal, wounded November 2, 1918; returned to 
company December 24. 1918. 94 Lemon Street, Uniontown, Penn- 
sylvania. 

*Whitlock, Asa, Private, first class, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; returned 
to company January 19, 1919; re-enlisted at Camp Dix. Olaf, Virginia. 
William, Ralph O., Sergeant, commissioned Second Lieutenant and trans- 
ferred to Company I, Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, July, 
1918; later severely wounded in action and returned to United States. 
Beeson Avenue, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 

♦Williams, Jacob, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 465 East 
Water Street, Elmira, New York. 

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*Williams, John, Private, first class, continuous service in France. 130 Street 

Run Road, Willock, Pennsylvania. 
^Williamson, John J., Private, taken prisoner October 4. 1918; returned to 

company January 19, 1919. R. F. D. 1. Lorman, Mississippi. 
*Wolff, Peter C. Sergeant, to Army Candidates School October 16, 1918; 

returned to company December 14, 1918; R. F. D. 6, Mount Oliver, 

Pennsylvania. 
*Workman, Garland L.. Private, first class, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; 

returned to company January 19, 1919. 2565 First Avenue, Huntington, 

West Virginia. 
Wyant, Charles, Private, wounded by machine gun fire September 26, 1918; 

not returned to company. 
*Wythus, John, Private, first class, continuous service in France. Anita, 

Pennsylvania. 
Yasolsky, John, Private, severely wounded by hand grenade; (accidental) 

lost right hand October 30, 1918. Discharged at Walter Reed Hospital 

February ", 1919. 
* Young, Benjamin R., Private, first class, some time spent in hospital in 

France for operation; returned to company. 1019 Dewey Avenue, New 

Castle. Pennsylvania. 
*Yowler, Charles E., Private, first class, taken prisoner October 4, 1918; 

returned to company January 19, 1919. R. F. D. 2, Uniontown, Penn- 
sylvania. 
Zaicaretti, Ernest, Private, taken prisoner October 4, 1918 ; returned to com- 
pany December 14, 1918; transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 

Field Artillery January 31. 1919. 
(DelGrande, Battista), Private, transferred from company soon after arrival 

in France ; no record. 

The following named men were members of 'F' Company while we were 
in Camp Lee but were transferred and commissioned Second Lieutenants 
the day before we sailed for France : 

Callanan, George S., Sergeant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Dowling Frank A., Sergeant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Hough, Harrison N., Sergeant, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 
Lipp, Oscar L., Sergeant, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. 
Morgan, Daniel S., Sergeant, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 

REPLACEMENTS RECEIVED OCTOBER 18. 1918! 

*Abele. Frederick W., Private, first class, continuous service from date of 
assignment. R. F. D., Box 252 A, Delaware Avenue, Albany. New York. 
As ward, Lewis, Private, wounded November I, 1918; not returned to com- 
pany. 

*Boardman, Frank C, Private, first class, continuous service from date of 
assignment. 19 South Luke Avenue, Albany, New York. 

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*Bub, William J., Corporal, continuous service from date of assignment. 
354 Warren Street, Hudson, New York. 

*Buscacca, Antonio, Private, continuous service from date of assignment. 
378 Bond Street, Brooklyn, New York. 
Calderara, Carlo J., Private, severely wounded November 1, 1918; died of 

wounds November 2, 1918. 
Cascivio, Santino, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery, January 31, IQIQ. 

*Carey, Joseph E., Private, first class, continuous service from date of as- 
signment. 157 Clinton Street, Schenectady, New York. 

*Cominelli, Guiseppi, Private, continuous service from date of assign- 
ment. 40 Pleasant Street, Montpelier, Vermont. 

*DelBianco, Antonio, Private, continuous service from date of assignment. 
7 River Street, Montpelier, Vermont. 
Dwyer, Edward C, Corporal, continuous service from date of assignment 
until shortly before return to United States, when he was transferred 
to Company D, Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry. Hudson, 
New York. 
Fortin, William J., Private, severely wounded November 1, 1918; not re- 
turned to company. 
Gardyne, Amadeo, Private, severely wounded in back November 1, 1918; 
not returned to company. 

*Grosso, Michael, Private, continuous service from date of assignment. 929 
Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, New Y^ork. 

*Hussey, Charles, Private, continuous service from date of assignment. 175 
Union Street, Leominister, Massachusetts. 

*Iacoi, Luigi, Private, continuous service from date of assignment. 58 
North Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut. 

*Legousky, Vladislow, Private, severe G. S. W. left side, November 1, 
1918; returned to company December 17, 1918. Collinsville, Con- 
necticut. 

*Maciulevicius, Jonas, Private, continuous service from date of assignment. 
154 Manchester Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. 
Matrakas, Paul A., Private, wounded November 1, 1918 ; not returned to 
company. 

*Mattiello, Genaro, Private, continuous service from assignment. Bridge- 
port, Connecticut. 
Morin, Bert, Private, severely wounded November 1, 1918; died later; 
fracturered skull. 

*Nadeau, Henry, Private, first class, continuous service from assignment. 
136 Canal Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. 

*Naimey, William A., Private, continuous service from assignment. Company 
Tailor after Armistice. Oxford, Maine. 

*Neelon. Raymond V., Sergeant, continuous service from assignment. Award- 
ed Distinguished Service Cross, Croix De Guerre and Legion of Honor. 
Village Street, Medwav, Alassachusetts. 

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O'Brien, William J., Private, killed in action November 1, 1918; buried 

November 3, 1918, by Chaplain Lee; cause of death unknown. 
*0'Donnell, Edward V., Private, continuous service from assignment. 86 

Lynde Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. 
*Ogden, Harry. Private, continuous service from assignment. 6 Spruce 

Street, Mathuen, Massachusetts. 
*Petchkurow, Timofey, Private, first class, continued service in France ; 

re-enlisted at Camp Dix. $ 2 7 Third Avenue. Homestead, Pennsylvania. 
*Pernicello, Gaetano, Private, continuous service from assignment. 43 

Mecclow Street, Waterbury, Connecticut. 
*Playford, Cornellius, Private, continuous service from assignment. Dorton 

Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. 
Perrault, Clarence. Private, wounded November 1, 1918; not returned to 

company. McPherson Terrace. Albany, New York. 
Peterson, Lewis J., Private, killed in action by machine gun fire November 

1, 1918. 
Peterson, Carl W.. Private, to hospital sick December 12, 1918, to United 

States February 21, 1918. 
*Pope, Barney N.. Corporal, continuous service from assignment. R. F. D. 2, 

Inman, South Carolina. 
*Poole, James D.. Private, continuous service from assignment. R. F. D. 1, 

Greer, South Carolina. 
*Proffit, James B.. Jr., Private, continuous service from assignment. 25 

Central Street, Rockland, Massachusetts. 
*Raby, Chauncey J., Private, continuous service from assignment. 63 Sailly 

Avenue, Plattsburg, New York. 
*Ray, Brennan. Private, continuous service from assignment. Collin Street, 

Greer, South Carolina. 
*Raymond, Clayton E., Private, wounded by shrapnel in left thigh November 

1, 1918; returned December 15, 1918. R. F. D. 2, Newport, Vermont. 
*Reo, Angelo, Private, continuous service from assignment. 15 Quary Street, 

Fall River, Massachusetts. 
*Rizzone, Angelo F.. Private, continuous service from assignment. 143 West 

Allen Street, Winsoski, Vermont. 
*Romano, James, Private, continuous service from assignment. 30 Balton 

Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
Romano, Lewis, Private, killed in action by machine gun fire November 

1, 1918. 30 Balton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
*Rosenblum, Samuel, Private, continuous service from assignment. 1889 

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. 
*Ruvola, Peter, Private, first class, continuous service from assignment. 

208 Twenty-second Street, Brooklyn, New York. 
Ryan, Joseph, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery, January 31, 1919. 
*Salzano, Albertico, Private, continuous service from assignment. 464 West 

Field Street, Mittineague, Massachusetts. 

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♦Sexton, Patrick, Private, continuous service from assignment. [38 East 
Ninety-eighth Street. New York, New York. 

*Sears, Manuel, Private, continuous service from assignment. 42 Perkins 
Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 
Shultz, Alfred, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery, January 31, 1919. 

*Sgarlato, Barbero, Private, continuous service from assignment. 4 Broad- 
way, Schenectady, New York. 

*Sicone, Michael, Private, continuous service from assignment. 2o8'/ 2 Sev- 
enth Street. Schenectady, New York. 

*Samaras, George D., Private, continuous service from assignment. 28 
Flynn Street. Lynn, Massachusetts. 

*Shain, Charles, Private, continuous service from assignment; slightly 
wounded November 1, 1918. 1288 Washington Avenue, Bronx, New 
York. 

*Shanty, William F., Private, continuous service from assignment. 3 Eastern 
Avenue, Newport, Vermont. 
Shultz, Nathan. Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery, January 31, 1918. 

*Smith, Bert D., Private, continuous service from assignment. Inman, 
South Carolina. 
Stacy, Horace A., Private, wounded November 2, 1918; not returned to 
company. 

*Standish, Miles, Private, continuous service from assignment. 225 Grove 
Street, Auburndale, Massachusetts. 

*Stevens, George T., Private, continuous service from assignment. 505 
Schenectady Street, Schenectady, New York. 

*Sylvaria, John G., Private, sick in hospital November 16 to December 6, 
1918. R. F. D. Rochester, Massachusetts. 

*Sposito, John, Private, continuous service from assignment. 714 Cotler 
Street, Schenectady, New York. 

*Solomon, Hyman, Private, first class, continuous service from assignment. 
201 Clinton Street, New York, New York. 

*Sunberg, William F., Private, continuous service from assignment. 2 High- 
land Street, Spencer, Massachusetts. 
Sharrer, Raymond F., Private, killed in action by machine gun fire, No- 
vember 1, 1918. 
Vbno, Guiseppi, Private, wounded by shell fire November 1, 1918; not re- 
turned to company. 
Yallee, Napoleon, Private, wounded by rifle fire November 1, 1918; not 
returned to company. 

*Wachtel, Joseph F., Private, wounded by shell fire November 1, 1918; de- 
gree undetermined; not returned to company. 
Walters. Charles, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery, January 31. 1919. 1400 Prospect Place, Brooklyn. 
New York. 

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♦Wiseman, John E., Private, continuous service from assignment. Mill 

Street, Groton, Massachusetts. 
*Zullo, Eurrico, Private, continuous service from assignment. 214 North 

Street, Clairmount, New Hampshire. 
Zucchero, Santo, Private, severely wounded November 1, 1918; died No-' 

vember 12, 1919, in Base Hospital No. 20. 69 Carroll Street, Brook- 1 

lyn, New York. 



REPLACEMENTS RECEIVED NOVEMBER 20, 1918, AT BRABANT- 
LE-ROI FROM FORTIETH DIVISION. 

Backston, George, Private, first class, transferred January 31, 1919, to 

Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Barbiere, Frank, Corporal, transferred February 10. 1919, to Company D, 

Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry. Hackensack, New Jersey. 
*Bengston, Haig, Private, first class. 426 East Nineteenth Street, Erie, 

Pennsylvania. 
Bennett, William E., Private, transferred. 
Bober, Casper, Private, first class, transferred. 
Bouchler, James J., Private, transferred. January 31, 1919. to Three Hundred 

and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Brazerol, John, Private, transferred January 31, 1919. to Three Hundred 

and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Carroll, James J., Private, transferred January 31, 1919. to Three Hundred 

and Field Artillery. 
Carron, Arthur C, Sergeant, transferred to Twenty-sixth Division. Law- 
rence, Massachusetts. 
Chafnn, William E., Private, transferred January 31, 1919. to Three Hundred 

and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Chew, Marion, Private, transferred to Twenty-sixth Division. Llaus, Texas. 
Cirrigano, John, Private, transferred January 31, 1919. to Three Hundred and 

Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Clemens. Harry, Private, transferred. 
Connelly, William J., Wagoner, transferred to Headquarters Company, 

Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry. Lee, Massachusetts. 
Conrad. William G., Private, first class, transferred to Eighty-second Di- 
vision. Richmond Hill. N. Y. 
Conger, Herbert W., Private, transferred, Butte. Montana. 
*Crews, Lewis A., Private. Richmond, Virginia. 
Cornwell, Benjamin, Private, transferred to Ninetieth Division. Chactau, 

Oklahoma. 
Cullop. Homer A., Private, transferred to Company A, Three Hundred and 

Seventeenth Infantry. 
Daniels, Joseph, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery. 

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Dergrasse, Charles E., Private, transferred. 

Derby, John H., Private, transferred January 31, 1919, to Three Hundred 

and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Delrosso, Luciano A., Corporal, transferred to Company E., Three Hun- 
dred and Nineteenth Infantry. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. 
*Dill, Fred M., Private . 11 Broad Street, Hudson, Massachusetts. 
♦Eckman, Frank, Mechanic, Pike Creek, Minnesota. 
Evans, Julian S., Corporal, transferred January 5, 1919, to Company E, 

Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry. Greenville, Texas. 
Ferari, Joseph, Private, transferred. 
Ferdinand, Thomas F., Corporal, transferred. 

Flanagan, William E., Sergeant, transferred January 28, 1919, to First Re- 
placement Depot. New Melford, Connecticut. 
Franklin, Jerry B., Private, transferred January 31, 1919, to Three Hundred 

and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Giglio, Augustiano, Corporal, transferred. 
Greer, William, Private, first class, transferred January 31, 1919, to Three 

Hundred and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Gregorio, Mele, Private, transferred. 
Griffin, Herbert, Private, transferred. 
Gulick, Leroy, Corporal, transferred January 6, 1919, to Company E, Three 

Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry. 
Hahn, Frederick W., Private, first class, transferred January 31, 1919, to 

Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Halley, Clennie M., Private, transferred January 31, 1919, to Three Hundred 

and Fifteenth Field Artillery. 
Halfhill, Fred F., Private, transferred to Twenty-sixth Division, March 9, 

1919. Manchester, Iowa. 
Hamlett, Nick D., Private. 

Hannah, Clarence W., Private, first class, transferred. 
Hinton, Will B., Sergeant, transferred to First Replacement Depot January 

27, 1919. Box 103, Gainesville, Texas. 
Hendricks, Curtis, Private, transferred to Twenty-sixth Division March 

6, 1919. Route 1, Box 5, Gresham, Oregon. 
Hill, Melvin B., Private, transferred to Ninetieth Division March 7, 1919. 

Route 1, Vincent, Iowa. 
Hebel, Frank K., Private, first class, transferred to Three Hundred and 

Fifteenth Field Artillery January 30, 1919. 
Hollis, Walter, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery January 30, 1919. 
Houchins, Howard B., Private, transferred. 
*Johnson, Arthur C, Private, first class. 1357 Fifty-fifth Street, Brooklyn, 

New York. 
Johnson, Fred J.. Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 

Field Artillery January 30, 1919. 
Johnson, William. Jr.. Private, transferred. 

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Kelley, Arthur, Private, transferred. 

Kerns, Floyd J., Corporal, transferred to Company D, Three Hundred and 
Nineteenth Infantry February 9, 1919. Palmer, New York. 
*Key, Gus, Private, Ardmore, Oklahoma. 

King, William, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifth Engineers 
January 9, 1919. 

Knear, William A., Private, transferred. 

Kuhl, George A., Private, transferred. 

Lutz, Julius G., Corporal, transferred to Eighty-second Division March 8, 
1919. South May, Newport, Rhode Island. 

Lyall, Charles A., Private, transferred. 

Maginnis, Barney J., Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery January 31, 1919. 

Mardis, William B., Private, transferred. 

Mayfield, Otis S., Sergeant, transferred January 28. 1919, to First Replace- 
ment Depot. Holdenville, Oklahoma. 

Mayhew, William H., Corporal, transferred February 10, 1919, to Company 
D, Three Hundred and Nineteenth. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

McCormick, James F., Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fif- 
teenth Field Artillery, January 31, 1919. 

McVeigh, John F., Private, first class, transferred. 

Miller, Nathaniel, Private, transferred March 9, 1919, to Seventy-seventh 
Division. New York, New York. 

Mohrhoff, John D., Private, first class, transferred. 

Monuto, Sebastiano, Private, transferred. 

Mueller, Erwin W., Private, first class, transferred to Twenty-sixth Di- 
vision, March 9, 1919. 119 S. Carbon St., Syracuse, New York. 
*McIntosh, Floyd, Private. Blaine, Oklahoma. 

Xikaransky, William, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery, January 31, 1919. 

Novogrodsky, John R., Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 
Field Artillery, January 31, 1919. 

Noyes, Cyril, Private, transferred March 9, 1919, to Eighty-second Division. 
Ghent, Minnesota. 

Nimkoff, Louis, Private, transferred. 

Parchoticz, Wasyal, Private, transferred to Eighty-second Division, March 
9, 1919. Wampsville, New York. 

Parker, Henry, Private, transferred to Nineteenth Division, March 19, 1919. 
R. D. 1, Dryden, Oklahoma. 
*Petzold, Paul M., Private, first class. Broad Brook, Connecticut. 

Pivoda, Louis, Corporal, transferred to Company D, Three Hundred and 
Nineteenth Infantry, February 10, 1919. Halletsville, Texas. 

Post, Albert, Corporal, transferred to Service of Supply Hospital, Chaumont, 
France, January 12, 1919. 122 Beush Street, Tonawanda, New York. 

Powers, Albert D., Private, transferred. 

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COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

Phillips, Arlie T., Private, transferred to Ninetieth Division, March 9. 

1919. 303 South Second Street, Bonham, Texas. 
Plankey, William, Private, transferred. 
Malone, William, Sergeant, transferred. 
Rabel, Forest E., Private, transferred. 
*Reed, Elmer A., Private. Portland, Oregon. 
Roos, Nichola J., Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery, January 31, 1919. 
Rountree, Reuben R., Corporal, transferred to Gompany G., Three Hundred 

and Nineteenth Infantry, February 10. 1919. 2901 North Houston, 

Texas. 
Mooney, Patrick, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery, January 31, 1919. 
Rousch, Charles W., Private, first class, transferred to Three Hundred and 

Fifteenth Field Artillery January 31, 1919. 
Ryan, Thomas E., Private, first class, transferred to Three Hundred and 

Fifteenth Field Artillery January 31, 1919. 
Silts, Robert A., Private, first class, transferred to Three Hundred and 

Fifth Engineers January 11, 1919. 
Simmons, Pearlie W., Private, transferred. 
Shupe, Clark, Private, transferred. 
*Smith, Charles E., Corporal. Wagoner, Oklahoma. 
Taylor, Virgil J., Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery January 31. 1919. 
*Timms, William, Private. R. F. D. 4, Hudson. Ohio. 
Wayland, Edward. Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth 

Field Artillery January 31, 1919. 
Vitik, James, Private, transferred. 
Weiner, Louis. Private, transferred. 
Weznorski, Joe, Private, transferred to Three Hundred and Fifteenth Field 

Artillery January 31, 1919. 
Williams, Curtis A.. Saddler, transferred to Supply Company, Three Hun- 
dred and Nineteenth Infantry, January 28, 1919. Hagansport, Texas. 
Willis, Custer. Private, transferred. 
Woody, Wythe B.. Private, transferred. 

Young, Oliver M., Private, transferred to Twenty-sixth Division. 
*Allegra, San, Private. Company Shoemaker. 207 North Maple Street, Greens- 
burg, Pennsylvania. 
Brosky, John, Wagoner, transferred. 
Baker, Edwin, First Sergeant, transferred to First Replacement Depot 

January 28, 1919. 709 S. Walker Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 
Campbell, Walter V., Medical Sergeant, transferred. 
Coleman, George, Corporal, transferred. 
Davis, Felix, Sergeant, transferred. 
DeVol, John, Corporal, transferred. 

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COMPANY F, 319th INFANTRY 

Dunaway, Edwin S., Supply Sergeant, transferred to Three Hundred and 
Nineteenth Supply Company. Oklahoma. 

Lenz, Franklin C, Sergeant, transferred. 

Kinney. Raymond V.. Medical Sergeant, transferred. 

Price, Leslie J., Private, transferred. 

Robertson, Ira L., Sergeant, transferred to First Replacement Depot, Ameri- 
can Expeditonary Forces, January 28, 1919. 1654 Muhlenberg Street, 
Reading, Pennsylvania. 

Rufner, Silas C, Sergeant, transferred. 

Sessona, Percy N., Bugler, transferred. 

Stuchell, Walter, Corporal, transferred. 

*Returned to states with company. G. S. W.— Gun shot wound. 



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